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Washington, DC vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Sugar Land spends 54.4% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.8% higher in Sugar Land than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sugar Land had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCSugar Land, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%1.5%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  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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