2025 Compare Cities Education:
Gainesville, TX vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 24.1% more per student than Gainesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 52.7% higher in Fresno than in Gainesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gainesville
 Gainesville, TXFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,743  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor276  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Gainesville    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I have lived here for the last 52 years, and my parents and grandparents were also born here in Gainesville, Cooke county. I am very disheartened by the increase in  More

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Unemplyment for peoples of African descent seem to be way higher than the city average. Culturally the town is very segregated emotional and culturaly with limited  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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