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Houston, TX vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 9.4% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% lower in Raleigh than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 16.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$9,531$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8215.1116.23
 Students per Librarian14708294573
 Students per Counselor473300530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%16.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%52.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.5%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 Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total

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