2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sugar Land, TX vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 19.6% less per student than Sugar Land.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.1% higher in Tampa than in Sugar Land. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sugar Land
 Sugar Land, TXTampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,004  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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