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Austin, TX vs Pennington, NJ

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- Pennington spends 25.3% more per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.9% lower in Pennington than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pennington had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin
 Austin, TXPennington, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,781$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,807$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10354573
 Students per Counselor391  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

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 Pennington    2 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

It seems like a very nice town, but we since we just moved in, it's too early to  More

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Over 19 years ago

Cost of property taxes even with the recent reevaluation is making living in Pennington unrealistic. Most of our neighbors are moving 3 miles away to Yardley PA where  More

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