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Athens, TX vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- Albany spends 27.0% more per student than Athens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 64.1% higher in Albany than in Athens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Albany had 20.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens
 Athens, TXAlbany, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,459  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor422  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.4%1.5%
Reviews for Athens    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Athens is a beautiful east Texas town. It is clean and friendly, but no one gets in a hurry! The traffic light are terrible, you have to stop at every one. They have  More

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Athens is a charming and nice community. Its clean and well thought- out. It could use more industry...but, so could east Texas in general. A big plus, is that Athens  More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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