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Bethesda, MD vs Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Highlights
- Fort Lauderdale spends 40.6% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.8% higher in Fort Lauderdale than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Lauderdale had 9.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda

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 Bethesda, MDFort Lauderdale, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,736$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697$9,998$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,703$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6319.1916.23
 Students per Librarian4907214573
 Students per Counselor292366530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.1%89.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%18.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.1.7%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%39.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.6%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree13.1%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Fort Lauderdale    64 Reviews

Fort Lauderdale and South Florida are eclectic, which makes for a tough adjustment if you're from a homogenous area. The secret is to find the location of all the things  More

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Like any city, Fort Lauderdale has it's good points and it's bad. On the good side you can't beat the weather here, especially October to June. No snow and no winter  More

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Over 9 years ago

My husband I are are from Illinois and Indiana. We moved here five years ago and we still HATE it! In the Midwest people are friendly and care about others. I can't  More

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ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816
ZIPS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
33311 33312 33308 33304 33301 33315 33305 33316 33306

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