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Austin, TX vs Forest, VA

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Highlights
- Forest spends 30.8% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% lower in Forest than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Forest had 7.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXForest, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$13,689$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$11,267$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$6,701$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5313.9916.23
 Students per Librarian8056014573
 Students per Counselor391291530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%1.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%21.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%44.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%15.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%3.0%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 Forest    1 Reviews

I moved to Forest a little over a year ago. I have to say that the peace and quiet agrees with me. I love the beautiful scenic view, the lack of crowds, and the  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN FOREST, VIRGINIA
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