2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lombard, IL vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 37.3% less per student than Lombard.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% higher in Sugar Land than in Lombard. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lombard
 Lombard, ILSugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,682  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor535  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Lombard    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I lived in Lombard for 19 years before moving out of state in 2020. My primary issue with Illinois, not Lombard per so, is the real estate tax rate. I retired and  More

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Lombard is a good, solid suburban-Chicago town. Mid-west values, limited crime with sound school system. Neighboring Glen Ellyn is more affluent with matching property  More

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Very low crime rate. Love  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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