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Houston, TX vs Leawood, KS

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Highlights
- Leawood spends 8.5% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% lower in Leawood than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leawood had 24.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXLeawood, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8213.4116.23
 Students per Librarian14704994573
 Students per Counselor473409530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%0.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%99.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%14.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%74.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%21.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%11.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Leawood    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

We've lived here for 25 years. There aren't many places like it in the US. Many wonderful neighborhoods. Friendly people. Reasonable cost of living. Great weather (  More

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Over 8 years ago

I like how there is a variety of  More

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Over 13 years ago

I'm sorry to differ with you, but I have lived in Leawood for almost 7 years and have been miserable nearly every day. It's either 100 degrees or 10 below...not much in  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN LEAWOOD, KANSAS
66209 66224 66206 66211

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