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Madison, NJ vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 45.5% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.8% higher in Sugar Land than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison
 Madison, NJSugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,726  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor254  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.69.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Madison    3 Reviews

I grew up in Madison, and while I seriously appreciate what growing up in the town had to offer, it was a town that I grew out of pretty fast. Madison is small, with  More

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Over 13 years ago

Madison is  More

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Over 16 years ago

The Borough of Madison is located in Morris County. It is 23 miles by car, west of New York City and sits on the Mid-Town Direct rail line. Madison is well know for its  More

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Reviews for Sugar Land    24 Reviews

Over 9 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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