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Athens, TX vs Bryan, TX

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Highlights
- Bryan spends 18.2% less per student than Athens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.7% higher in Bryan than in Athens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bryan had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens
 Athens, TXBryan, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,459  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7994573
 Students per Counselor422  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Athens    2 Reviews

Over 16 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 Bryan    15 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I am a native of Bryan-College Station. This town has come a long ways. For the greater good this is a college town thats unique and continues to grow. There's good  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived here for nearly twenty years and hated every minute of it. It is very conservative and intolerant and the crime is rising every year. The weather is  More

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I got a good laugh from this item. About This place sucks, TAMU Bryan Tx, etc. Did you not do some research before you came to this Aggieland. I sure hope by now you  More

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