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Royal Palm Beach, FL vs Austin, TX

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- Austin spends 51.9% more per student than Royal Palm Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.3% lower in Austin than in Royal Palm Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Royal Palm Beach
 Royal Palm Beach, FLAustin, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,780$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,081$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8054573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Royal Palm Beach    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

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Over 17 years ago

Royal Palm does have many nice areas to live. However the neighboring cities of West Palm and Lake Worth certainly push alot of crime to the area. The public school  More

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Over 17 years ago

Royal palm Beach is a quiet family town with excelent weather 7 months of the year. Some excitment in the spring-hurricaine  More

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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