2024 Compare Cities Education:
Harrisonburg, VA vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 4.0% less per student than Harrisonburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% higher in Sugar Land than in Harrisonburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 13.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisonburg
 Harrisonburg, VASugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,377$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,237$10,004$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,434$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5715.2416.23
 Students per Librarian6418074573
 Students per Counselor326455530
 Grade School Educ.8.6%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%2.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.4%94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%15.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%60.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.2%18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 15 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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Reviews for Sugar Land    24 Reviews

Over 7 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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