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Foster City, CA vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 31.3% less per student than Foster City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.0% lower in Sugar Land than in Foster City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Foster City
 Foster City, CASugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Foster City    4 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Built on lagoons, great climate, good schools, lots of soccer and other sports for kids, plenty of parking and  More

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Over 18 years ago

A great city to raise a family, safe, great weather around the year, good schools and plenty of recreation. But only if you can afford the hight cost of  More

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Landlords are able to command and receive high rent due to the following attributes: safety, weather and cleanliness of Foster City. The lagoon, waterways and gardens  More

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Reviews for Sugar Land    24 Reviews

Over 8 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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