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Houston, TX vs Redwood City, CA

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Highlights
- Redwood City spends 56.6% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.1% higher in Redwood City than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redwood City had 11.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXRedwood City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$15,457$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8219.7916.23
 Students per Librarian147080554573
 Students per Counselor473431530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%14.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%6.1%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 Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA
94061 94063 94062 94065

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