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Austin, TX vs Houston, TX

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Highlights
- Houston spends 35.2% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% higher in Houston than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Houston had 12.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXHouston, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$12,825$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$10,139$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$5,942$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5315.8216.23
 Students per Librarian80514704573
 Students per Counselor391473530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%79.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%34.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%1.8%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 Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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