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Athens, TX vs Vivian, LA

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Highlights
- Vivian spends 7.1% less per student than Athens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 68.9% higher in Vivian than in Athens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vivian had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens
 Athens, TXVivian, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,459  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor422  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock0.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Vivian    3 Reviews

The town is vastly a retirement community.  More

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Over 14 years ago

The people of Vivian are vastly senior citizens. The next largest population group are African Americans. The young to middle aged Caucasian demographic largely consists  More

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I have lived in Vivan, Louisiana for 5 years now. I am a born and raised California woman of 37 years. I was looking for a slower paced life and someplace to raise my  More

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