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Houston, TX vs Port Jervis, NY

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Highlights
- Port Jervis spends 117.8% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.3% lower in Port Jervis than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Port Jervis had 7.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXPort Jervis, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$27,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$24,405$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$16,307$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8212.316.23
 Students per Librarian14707734573
 Students per Counselor473311530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%85.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%15.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%0.3%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 Port Jervis    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

My wife, 4 kids and myself got a house in Port Jervis about 4 years ago. We now can't wait to sell the place and get the hell out of this dump. No jobs at all can be  More

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Fuel,sales,& property tax are much to  More

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