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Austin, TX vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 16.6% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% higher in Denver than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXDenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$12,519$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5314.916.23
 Students per Librarian80520954573
 Students per Counselor391411530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%16.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%2.1%1.5%

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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 Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN DENVER, COLORADO
80219, 80239, 80123, 80231, 80210, 80220, 80211, 80204, 80205, 80249, 32 total

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