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Leander, TX vs Palestine, TX

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- Palestine spends 0.6% less per student than Leander.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.6% lower in Palestine than in Leander. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palestine had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leander
 Leander, TXPalestine, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,533$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock16874573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Leander    6 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Moved in from Austin five years ago. In Austin you can’t buy a house in less than $1M. Here in Leander, you can buy a house at 4000+sq.ft. with beautiful hill country  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here for 5 1/2 yrs. property tax go’s up 10% every year. Hard to get around without using toll roads. Very republican. Ugh  More

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Over 11 years ago

A bit of that small town feel with convenient stores and  More

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Reviews for Palestine    7 Reviews

we need to dial back the rich and buddies telling what they want city workers wasting gas going to play lottery workers don't need high wages like school superintendents  More

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Over 15 years ago

Palestine has a lot of great open land around town. Population hovers around 18,000+. Commuting is never backed up, nor is it along drive. Just about everybody knows  More

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Over 16 years ago

After living in the frigid Northwest of the united states, and traveling all over the world with the United States Army, My family and I were ready to find a good  More

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