2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sweetwater, TX vs Denton, TX

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Highlights
- Denton spends 1.0% more per student than Sweetwater.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 64.5% lower in Denton than in Sweetwater. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denton had 15.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sweetwater
 Sweetwater, TXDenton, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,080$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,967  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,983$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio40.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10184573
 Students per Counselor483  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Sweetwater    3 Reviews

I've lived in the area in or around Sweetwater for a number of years, having come from the east coast. Fewer people per square mile than back there for sure is what is  More

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Sweetwater is a simple small city. I like Sweetwater because of its affordability, friendly citizens, no traffic and good climate. The housing costsare very low; for  More

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I would never live there again under any circumstances. Smart aleck punks in the public schools (bullying etc). No jobs, low wages, real redneck mentality, (look down  More

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Reviews for Denton    12 Reviews

I've lived here since 2011. There are a lot of things I like about the city, but extreme growth has made it exhausting to live here. BIGGEST PROS: - Brand new  More

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We moved here from the midwest in 2014. After 4 years, we still love the area; however, it has grown so much and so fast that the traffic is such that we prefer to stay  More

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Over 12 years ago

an amazing city to study  More

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