2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pittsburg, KS vs Austin, MN

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Highlights
- Austin spends 41.6% more per student than Pittsburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% higher in Austin than in Pittsburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsburg
 Pittsburg, KSAustin, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,342$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,837  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock34334573
 Students per Counselor330  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Pittsburg    7 Reviews

I lived in Pittsburg for several years and am glad I left. I liked the small town atmosphere but the economy was in terrible shape --> and still is very bad. The college  More

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Lack of industry equals lack of jobs. Period. Whether you are white collar or blue collar, jobs folded in Southeast Kansas along with the coal mines, and nothing has  More

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Over 17 years ago

small town, big  More

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Reviews for Austin    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I lived in Austin for 15 years. I only lasted that long because I had kids and wanted to raise them close to my hometown in another state. I would recommend that you  More

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Over 18 years ago

man you may not think that austin can be hard or anything but im tellin u that i moved up here from chicago and this is a bad little town, the crime rates are high and  More

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