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Austin, TX vs Harrisonburg, VA

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Highlights
- Harrisonburg spends 27.3% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% higher in Harrisonburg than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Harrisonburg had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXHarrisonburg, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$14,377$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$12,237$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$7,434$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5314.5716.23
 Students per Librarian8056414573
 Students per Counselor391326530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%8.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%83.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%14.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%34.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%2.9%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 Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 15 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
22801 22802 22807

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