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Monrovia, CA vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 20.8% less per student than Monrovia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.3% lower in Sugar Land than in Monrovia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Monrovia
 Monrovia, CASugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Monrovia    4 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

It's like Mayberry RFD in a Los Angeles Suburb. I love it, we have all the conveniences, and in this older neighborhood, with many historic homes, it is not a place  More

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Over 17 years ago

Best place to live in winters; hot in  More

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Over 19 years ago

Monrovia is a nice little city with diverse culture and recreation, we have easy access to freeways and convenient public transportation. We are pretty much close to  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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