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Flint, MI vs Port Arthur, TX

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Highlights
- Port Arthur spends 3.8% more per student than Flint.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.4% lower in Port Arthur than in Flint. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Port Arthur had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Flint
 Flint, MIPort Arthur, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,700$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,702  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,857$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8794573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  More

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Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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