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Houston, TX vs Punta Gorda, FL

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Highlights
- Punta Gorda spends 7.4% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.9% higher in Punta Gorda than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Punta Gorda had 21.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXPunta Gorda, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$11,876$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$10,619$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$6,082$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8217.8616.23
 Students per Librarian14706834573
 Students per Counselor473443530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%3.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%38.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.1%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 Punta Gorda    15 Reviews

When we were visiting different cities in Florida, we quickly realised that Punta Gorda is the friendliest gulf coast town in south Florida BY FAR! My wife and I bought  More

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I haven't lived in Punta Gorda, so I'm not sure about every nook and cranny of the place, however I did visit for about a month during the winter and about another 2  More

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Over 7 years ago

We have lived here for six years and enjoy it very much. One gets used to the summers but they are uncomfortable. The fishing is pretty good - used to be much better.  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA
33950 33955

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