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Myrtle Beach, SC vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 10.4% more per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% higher in Sugar Land than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCSugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  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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