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Bethesda, MD vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 43.7% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.5% higher in Tampa than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 9.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda

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 Bethesda, MDTampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,736$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697$9,438$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,703$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6317.2416.23
 Students per Librarian49010264573
 Students per Counselor292476530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.1%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%15.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.1.7%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%41.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.6%10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%4.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree13.1%2.0%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 Tampa    162 Reviews

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 2 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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ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816
ZIPS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total

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