2025 Compare Cities Education:
Port Arthur, TX vs Victoria, TX

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Highlights
- Victoria spends 18.8% less per student than Port Arthur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% higher in Victoria than in Port Arthur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Victoria had 7.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Arthur
 Port Arthur, TXVictoria, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,309$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,864  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,764$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7334573
 Students per Counselor422  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Victoria    8 Reviews

I’ve been living here since 2016 after living in two metropolitan cities. Let’s start with good: Good is there is a variety of elementary schools for such a medium sized  More

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Over 4 years ago

These reviews are very old so here's an update. I had my pick in south Texas to live and found this small city. My wife and I love it. It's in the middle of major  More

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Over 13 years ago

Used to live in Victoria but raising a family there was terrible. We were secluded in our development but when the kids got out into public schools even at the low  More

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