2024 Compare Cities Education:
Austin, TX vs Columbus, GA

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 40.5% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% higher in Columbus than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin
 Austin, TXColumbus, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$11,775$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$11,404$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$6,958$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5314.9716.23
 Students per Librarian8056024573
 Students per Counselor391388530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%7.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%27.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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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 Columbus    9 Reviews

I have lived here for 6.5 years. In-town is cute with nice restaurants and sometimes music. It hasn’t realized it’s full potential though. Houses are still reasonably  More

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no,nonono NEVER MOVE HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. as someone who is almost out of highschool and i can finally go to my homecountry after 10 years of begging to move, never  More

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This once beautiful and safe town is now crime ridden and trashy courtesy of Theresa Tomlinson’s 2 terms as mayor. Even if you live in the north end you are no longer  More

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