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Austin, TX vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 48.6% more per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.6% lower in Boston than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXBoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$23,918$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5311.2516.23
 Students per Librarian8057174573
 Students per Counselor391567530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%12.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%52.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%3.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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