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Houston, TX vs Golden Valley, AZ

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Highlights
- Golden Valley spends 26.4% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.6% higher in Golden Valley than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Golden Valley had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXGolden Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$9,443$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$8,572$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$4,714$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8221.2916.23
 Students per Librarian147033664573
 Students per Counselor473554530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%14.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%33.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%5.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%0.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%0.0%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 Golden Valley    2 Reviews

Golden Valley is the last of the greatest places left to to own property and live comfortably. The temperature averages between 70's and mid 90's in summer. When  More

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No comments as of this comment, well except this one. haha Interesting notes of the area is is is still higher elevation than "the valley" (Bullhead City area) so not  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
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