2026 Compare Cities Education:
Garden Grove, CA vs Houston, TX

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Highlights
- Houston spends 16.1% less per student than Garden Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.8% lower in Houston than in Garden Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Houston had 5.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden Grove
 Garden Grove, CAHouston, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,825$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,942$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14704573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 9 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 14 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 4 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 4 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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