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Joplin, MO vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 35.3% more per student than Joplin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% higher in Sugar Land than in Joplin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 5.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Joplin
 Joplin, MOSugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,766  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Joplin    22 Reviews

Wow, this content is dated. Here's an update on Joplin: The Joplin community is rapidly becoming an affordable, livable version of the urban lifestyle that offers  More

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Over 10 years ago

Joplin is inexpensive to live in however humidity is through the roof if you have a roof due to the threat of tornados here. Winters are mild but usually instead of  More

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Over 12 years ago

Winter lasts about 4 months and is fairly cold. Mostly cloudy and dreary with very little if any snow. Spring lasts about 6 weeks and has plenty of rain. Summer lasts  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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