2025 Compare Cities Education:
Harrisonburg, VA vs Austin, MN

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Highlights
- Austin spends 27.6% more per student than Harrisonburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.3% higher in Austin than in Harrisonburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisonburg
 Harrisonburg, VAAustin, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,342$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock34334573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 16 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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Reviews for Austin    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I lived in Austin for 15 years. I only lasted that long because I had kids and wanted to raise them close to my hometown in another state. I would recommend that you  More

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Over 18 years ago

man you may not think that austin can be hard or anything but im tellin u that i moved up here from chicago and this is a bad little town, the crime rates are high and  More

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