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Rising Star, TX vs Lawton, OK

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Highlights
- Lawton spends 10.5% less per student than Rising Star.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.7% higher in Lawton than in Rising Star. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lawton had 13.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rising Star
 Rising Star, TXLawton, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,500$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,649  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,333$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3074573
 Students per Counselor252  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.5.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Rising Star    1 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

If your looking for a town for your family this isn't it. There is a huge drugs problem in this town, an incompetent city council, we can't keep any police officers, and  More

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Reviews for Lawton    45 Reviews

If I could give this place less than a star I would. When we moved down here from Pennsylvania we expected southern hospitality. This town is so far from that its  More

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It's a military town with nothing to offer. People will say cheap gas, cheap property, decent climate and museums. Yes this is all true of Lawton Oklahoma, BUT that's  More

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The only good thing about Lawton is that it's close to a nice wildlife refuge, which has great hiking, and some buffalo. Lawton tricked U.S. businesses into coming into  More

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