2026 Compare Cities Education:
Montgomery, TX vs Gainesville, TX

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Highlights
- Gainesville spends 6.5% more per student than Montgomery.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% lower in Gainesville than in Montgomery. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gainesville had 18.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Montgomery
 Montgomery, TXGainesville, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,437$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,264  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,406$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5714573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Montgomery    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Montgomery is a wonderful place to  More

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Summers on Lake Conroe are lovely casual, quaint, but extremely humid, hot and buggy. Temperatures reach as high as 105% in August and September. Summers last from June  More

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Nice large lake with plenty or room to ski, boat, and fish. We have many beautiful homes in established and new neighborhoods surrounding the lake and a national forest  More

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Reviews for Gainesville    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived here for the last 52 years, and my parents and grandparents were also born here in Gainesville, Cooke county. I am very disheartened by the increase in  More

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Unemplyment for peoples of African descent seem to be way higher than the city average. Culturally the town is very segregated emotional and culturaly with limited  More

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