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Austin, TX vs Raton, NM

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Highlights
- Raton spends 23.5% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.3% lower in Raton than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raton had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXRaton, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$15,135$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$13,321$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$7,608$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5311.7216.23
 Students per Librarian80514834573
 Students per Counselor391486530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%6.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%89.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%23.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%14.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%0.0%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 Raton    4 Reviews

Despite the unfortunate experience of one family that wrote three different reviews, Raton if the smart choice for both affordability and the relaxed lifestyle of a  More

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Wow when I moved here I thought what a beautiful place to live, until I heard the second and third graders swearing at each other at the bus stop and broke up three  More

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Well Raton does. The teacher's do not have a dress code. Yet the students are not allowed to wear headband's in the middle school or hoodies. I guess some students were  More

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