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Leander, TX vs St. George, UT

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Highlights
- St. George spends 30.5% less per student than Leander.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 70.0% higher in St. George than in Leander. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. George had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leander
 Leander, TXSt. George, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,768$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,745$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20374573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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