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Houston, TX vs Great Bend, NY

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Highlights
- Great Bend spends 68.7% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.7% lower in Great Bend than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Great Bend had 15.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXGreat Bend, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$21,632$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$19,280$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$11,905$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8212.5516.23
 Students per Librarian14704004573
 Students per Counselor473277530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%8.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%24.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%1.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%0.0%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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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
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