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Houston, TX vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 29.2% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.1% lower in Dover than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 11.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$14,812$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8214.3816.23
 Students per Librarian147012064573
 Students per Counselor473357530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%25.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 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 2 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 2 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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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN DOVER, DELAWARE
19901 19904 19902

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