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Melissa, TX vs Leander, TX

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Highlights
- Leander spends 15.4% less per student than Melissa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% lower in Leander than in Melissa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leander had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Melissa

Education
 Melissa, TXLeander, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,902$12,613$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587$8,918$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,140$5,560$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.9314.0116.23
 Students per Librarian80010934573
 Students per Counselor405415530
 Grade School Educ.1.3%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%3.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.5%45.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.1%13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%1.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Melissa    3 Reviews

I have lived here since 2008. It is a growing bedroom community. The city has a low crime rate and pretty good schools. The primary entertainment is High School sporting  More

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We moved here 2 years ago and have suffered nothing but hell. If you are not a plain, vanilla, ignorant, intolerant person, do not move here!  More

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Over 16 years ago

warm to hot summer. enough cold in winter to make you appreciate  More

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Reviews for Leander    6 Reviews

Over 4 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 6 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 10 years ago

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

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75454
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