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Palm Bay, FL vs Panama City Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Panama City Beach spends 25.4% more per student than Palm Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.9% higher in Panama City Beach than in Palm Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Panama City Beach had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Palm Bay

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 Palm Bay, FLPanama City Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,715$13,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148$10,427$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,574$6,200$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3518.316.23
 Students per Librarian8387694573
 Students per Counselor397409530
 Grade School Educ.3.5%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.2%90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%24.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.9%11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.3%31.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.2%7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Palm Bay    27 Reviews

I moved to Palm Bay in 2020 and the cost of living has skyrocketed! A two bedroom apartment was around $900/month in 2020. Now it's $1600 and up. Mostly up. A three  More

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My family of 4 have lived here in NW Palm Bay for over 10 years. My wife and my son from another marriage lived here for over 7 before that. I myself have lived here for  More

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I lived in Palm Bay for 12 years. It's a very unfriendly and crowded place to live. It's well into the 90's from late April till right around the 10th of November. The  More

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Reviews for Panama City Beach    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here since 2001 and have seen many changes, mainly for the good. Although in the last couple years, and even more so after Hurricane Michael the cost of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I loved this area until I heard the property owners/corporations increased peoples rents between 30% to 90% that were still recovering from last years  More

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Over 11 years ago

Pannama city lived in the neighboring area 6 years loved it . I think you expect to much from such a small town as for the papermill you either put up with the smell or  More

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ZIPS IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA
32907 32909 32905 32908
ZIPS IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA
32413 32407

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