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Houston, TX vs Los Altos, CA

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Highlights
- Los Altos spends 43.5% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.5% higher in Los Altos than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Los Altos had 24.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXLos Altos, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8221.5916.23
 Students per Librarian147065284573
 Students per Counselor473646530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%0.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%99.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%7.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%2.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%85.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%35.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%9.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%9.2%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 Los Altos    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Over 16 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA
94024 94022

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