2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Forks, ND vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Austin spends 20.3% more per student than Grand Forks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.9% higher in Austin than in Grand Forks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Forks
 Grand Forks, NDAustin, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,780$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,451  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,081$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8054573
 Students per Counselor318  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 8 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 12 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

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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