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Houston, TX vs Somerset, KY

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Highlights
- Somerset spends 12.1% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.1% lower in Somerset than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerset had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXSomerset, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$11,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$10,255$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$6,241$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8215.6416.23
 Students per Librarian14705074573
 Students per Counselor473424530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%10.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%11.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%26.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%17.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%0.6%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 Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 16 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN SOMERSET, KENTUCKY
42503 42501

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