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Port Arthur, TX vs Gary, IN

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Highlights
- Gary spends 2.8% more per student than Port Arthur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.0% higher in Gary than in Port Arthur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gary had 11.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Arthur
 Port Arthur, TXGary, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,864  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor422  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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Reviews for Gary    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 years as a homeless gay drug addict, and I think this place is a real  More

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Over 10 years ago

Been here most of my life left and went to Air Force policies and elected residents are terrible not all there is a few that is really concerned but being that they say  More

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I lived in Gary in 1972 - 1976. I was just a kid but I loved Gary. My family moved to upstate NY and after college I moved to San Francisco, Ca. I will tell you this, I  More

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