2025 Compare Cities Education:
Harlingen, TX vs Orange, TX

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Highlights
- Orange spends 2.1% less per student than Harlingen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Orange than in Harlingen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Orange had 16.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harlingen
 Harlingen, TXOrange, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,532$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,459  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6974573
 Students per Counselor278  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Harlingen    6 Reviews

Harlingen is a city that offers retirees the most bang for the buck! It is near enough to McAllen and Brownsville and all they offer. You get a wide variety of shopping  More

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This area of the state of Texas is bland to most people from the East and northeast. However the community has everything you need at a price you can afford. Dining out  More

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Over 8 years ago

Here is what you will not get in Harlingen: easy access to great museums and Michelin starred restaurants. However, there are things that counter it. 1) It is  More

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Reviews for Orange    2 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

if your looking for the small town life and their point of views your in heaven besides the humid weather but if you are used to a more diverse and broad minded  More

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Over 19 years ago

Hot and Humid, did I mention hot?? Spring and Fall are milder, winter, if you can call it winter is VERY mild, and the summer, well........ IT'S  More

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