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Frisco, TX vs South Padre Island, TX

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- South Padre Island spends 14.1% less per student than Frisco.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% lower in South Padre Island than in Frisco. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Padre Island had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Frisco
 Frisco, TXSouth Padre Island, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,799$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,639$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5194573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.6%1.5%
Reviews for Frisco    23 Reviews

If I had to select a sister city that reminds me of Frisco, it would be Irvine California in the county of Orange. Super safe city, great police and school districts,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here for 25 years, honestly, its the safest, most clean place in the USA. You just cant go wrong moving here. Many of the low rankings on this site are  More

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Amir · 
Over 3 years ago

Most overhyped city in the area. I wrote another post detailing this but wasn’t posted here for some reason. They purposely overhype the city through any means possible  More

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Reviews for South Padre Island    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Winter is very mild and wonderful. Lots of wind year round. Summers are hot in the low 90's but  More

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Over 17 years ago

is th crime as bad as i hear thatit  More

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