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Mount Pleasant, SC vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 27.1% less per student than Mount Pleasant.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% higher in Sugar Land than in Mount Pleasant. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Pleasant
 Mount Pleasant, SCSugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Pleasant    15 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Mount Pleasant and the surrounding Charleston area has changed drastically over the years. Entirely too many people have moved here and cost of living is skyrocketing.  More

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I fell in Love with Charleston and its neighboring town over 30 years ago. The people were the nicest and most hospitable people I had ever met. Downtown Charleston  More

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Over 10 years ago

Charleston is an amazing place! I grew up there. Mt. Pleasant will be your most pretentious people. The majority of people that live there now are no originally from  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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