2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sonora, CA vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Austin spends 40.8% more per student than Sonora.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.2% lower in Austin than in Sonora. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonora
 Sonora, CAAustin, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,780$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,803  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,081$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8054573
 Students per Counselor721  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 1 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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