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Leander, TX vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 45.9% more per student than Leander.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 54.1% higher in San Jose than in Leander. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leander
 Leander, TXSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Leander    6 Reviews

Over 6 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 8 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 12 years ago

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

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Reviews for San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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