2025 Compare Cities Education:
Topeka, KS vs Port Arthur, TX

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Highlights
- Port Arthur spends 6.8% less per student than Topeka.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.6% higher in Port Arthur than in Topeka. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Port Arthur had 15.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Topeka
 Topeka, KSPort Arthur, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,700$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,364  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,857$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8794573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

Loretta Lynn says that in  More

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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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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