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Gainesville, TX vs Topeka, KS

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Highlights
- Topeka spends 9.6% more per student than Gainesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% lower in Topeka than in Gainesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Topeka had 14.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Gainesville
 Gainesville, TXTopeka, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,743  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,274$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4414573
 Students per Counselor276  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Gainesville    2 Reviews

Over 15 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 Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 8 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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