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Duarte, CA vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 20.8% less per student than Duarte.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.3% lower in Sugar Land than in Duarte. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 11.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Duarte
 Duarte, CASugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Duarte    5 Reviews

For some reason Duarte gets a bad rap for being gang infested etc. I was born and raised here and I have always felt safe. There are bad apples in every city but Duarte  More

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Over 16 years ago

Been living here for over 40 years and gang members took over, many shootings and crime makes you not want to leave your home. City has 3 police patrol cars and they  More

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Over 19 years ago

We lived in Duarte for around 3 years in the late 90's. It was nice because of the jogging paths and trails for horses. It's a very quiet community, has a few nice  More

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Reviews for Sugar Land    24 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Trust me, Houston and its crime has caught up with Sugar Land in the past 10 years. I've been here for over 25 years, and when we came here there was hardly any mention  More

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I'd like to start by saying I hope that some of the situations in some of the other posts are isolated incidents. Also, I am qualifying this post with: I haven't been a  More

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Since we moved to Sugar land 15 years ago it has grown tremendously. The quality of life has improved, with more places to go and things to do in the area. Property  More

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