2024 Compare Cities Education:
Port Arthur, TX vs Dumas, TX

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Highlights
- Dumas spends 10.7% less per student than Port Arthur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.8% lower in Dumas than in Port Arthur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dumas had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Arthur
 Port Arthur, TXDumas, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,700$11,347$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,864$10,341$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,857$6,414$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.9112.8516.23
 Students per Librarian87935004573
 Students per Counselor422524530
 Grade School Educ.11.8%16.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.7%9.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.77.5%73.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.9%12.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.2.8%3.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%0.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 9 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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Reviews for Dumas    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Lived here most of my life. It is, as another reviewer stated, unfortunately run by the large hispanic population. That in itself would not be bad at all because they  More

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Over 17 years ago

Dumas is a sleepy little town in the Texas Panhandle. Cost of living is low but so is quality of living. The town is dominated by the Hispanic population, many are  More

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