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Seattle, WA vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 31.2% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% lower in Sugar Land than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle
 Seattle, WASugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  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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