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Austin, TX vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Kent spends 1.5% more per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.5% higher in Kent than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kent had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXKent, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$14,996$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5318.5316.23
 Students per Librarian8059894573
 Students per Counselor391455530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%87.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%27.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%0.4%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 Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN KENT, WASHINGTON
98031 98030 98032

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