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Athens, TX vs Montgomery, TX

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Highlights
- Montgomery spends 16.7% less per student than Athens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.0% higher in Montgomery than in Athens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montgomery had 21.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens
 Athens, TXMontgomery, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,677$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,459  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,696$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11064573
 Students per Counselor422  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Montgomery    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Montgomery is a wonderful place to  More

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Summers on Lake Conroe are lovely casual, quaint, but extremely humid, hot and buggy. Temperatures reach as high as 105% in August and September. Summers last from June  More

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Nice large lake with plenty or room to ski, boat, and fish. We have many beautiful homes in established and new neighborhoods surrounding the lake and a national forest  More

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