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Monahans, TX vs Sweetwater, TX

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Highlights
- Sweetwater spends 29.2% less per student than Monahans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 195.4% higher in Sweetwater than in Monahans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sweetwater had 3.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Monahans
 Monahans, TXSweetwater, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,928$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,909  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,563$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27584573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Monahans    1 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Almost took a job here. Visited and stayed in dead overpriced hotel Candlewood and their pool did not even work. Oil boom dying and this place didn’t know how to quote  More

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Reviews for Sweetwater    3 Reviews

I've lived in the area in or around Sweetwater for a number of years, having come from the east coast. Fewer people per square mile than back there for sure is what is  More

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Sweetwater is a simple small city. I like Sweetwater because of its affordability, friendly citizens, no traffic and good climate. The housing costsare very low; for  More

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I would never live there again under any circumstances. Smart aleck punks in the public schools (bullying etc). No jobs, low wages, real redneck mentality, (look down  More

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