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Houston, TX vs Mansfield, TX

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Highlights
- Mansfield spends 6.4% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.1% lower in Mansfield than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mansfield had 19.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston
 Houston, TXMansfield, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,644$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8894573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 4 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 4 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 4 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 Mansfield    15 Reviews

I lived in Mansfield for over 15 years. Now it's so crowded, poor infrastructure, slow trash pick up and house are being built on top of each other. Now they are trying  More

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Over 5 years ago

Be careful moving to this town, they build new houses and schools very close to active gas wells. Over 50 active gas wells in this town, some homes are few hundred feet  More

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Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived in Mansfield about 18 years. It has grown a lot but I believe they’re doing pretty good with keeping up with the number of people except possibly the traffic  More

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