2025 Compare Cities Education:
Joplin, MO vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Austin spends 93.8% more per student than Joplin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Austin than in Joplin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Joplin
 Joplin, MOAustin, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,780$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,766  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,081$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8054573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Joplin    22 Reviews

Wow, this content is dated. Here's an update on Joplin: The Joplin community is rapidly becoming an affordable, livable version of the urban lifestyle that offers  More

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Over 10 years ago

Joplin is inexpensive to live in however humidity is through the roof if you have a roof due to the threat of tornados here. Winters are mild but usually instead of  More

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Over 12 years ago

Winter lasts about 4 months and is fairly cold. Mostly cloudy and dreary with very little if any snow. Spring lasts about 6 weeks and has plenty of rain. Summer lasts  More

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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