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Poplar Bluff, MO vs Sugar Land, TX

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- Sugar Land spends 33.1% more per student than Poplar Bluff.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% higher in Sugar Land than in Poplar Bluff. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 15.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Poplar Bluff
 Poplar Bluff, MOSugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,356  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor377  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Poplar Bluff    4 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

The people here are what makes this town. Most are nice and friendly if talked to. When we bought our home here 7 years ago we were immediately accepted by our  More

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Poplar Bluff is smack dab in the middle of the country. A smallish town that seems to buffer the highs and lows of economics and continues to make modest growth. It is  More

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Over 17 years ago

Poplar Bluff is a good place to raise a family, especially if you are politically conservative and religious. The cost of living is very low on virtually every category  More

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Reviews for Sugar Land    24 Reviews

Over 8 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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