2025 Compare Cities Education:
Austin, TX vs Brighton, CO

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Highlights
- Brighton spends 25.0% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.5% higher in Brighton than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brighton had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin
 Austin, TXBrighton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor391  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

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 Brighton    2 Reviews

I bought a house in Adams County Colorado found out that the same family had built my house and the house next door and shared the driveway the realestat agents told me  More

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Over 15 years ago

My name is Sandra I use to live in Eagle Pass until I got married and move to Colorado.I go and visit my parents once or twice a year they live in Chula Vista  More

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