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Houston, TX vs Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Highlights
- Fort Lauderdale spends 8.6% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% higher in Fort Lauderdale than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Lauderdale had 12.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXFort Lauderdale, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$9,998$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8219.1916.23
 Students per Librarian14707214573
 Students per Counselor473366530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%89.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%18.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%39.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.4%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 Fort Lauderdale    64 Reviews

Fort Lauderdale and South Florida are eclectic, which makes for a tough adjustment if you're from a homogenous area. The secret is to find the location of all the things  More

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Like any city, Fort Lauderdale has it's good points and it's bad. On the good side you can't beat the weather here, especially October to June. No snow and no winter  More

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Over 9 years ago

My husband I are are from Illinois and Indiana. We moved here five years ago and we still HATE it! In the Midwest people are friendly and care about others. I can't  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
33311 33312 33308 33304 33301 33315 33305 33316 33306

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