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Panama City, FL vs Palm Bay, FL

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Highlights
- Palm Bay spends 20.2% less per student than Panama City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.7% lower in Palm Bay than in Panama City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palm Bay had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Panama City

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 Panama City, FLPalm Bay, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,432$10,715$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,427$9,148$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,200$5,574$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.316.3516.23
 Students per Librarian7698384573
 Students per Counselor409397530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%7.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.3%89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.6%12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.7%21.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Panama City    20 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved here from Akron, OH back in 2007 and was expecting a huge city (similar to Miami), nope, I was wrong. It ended up being more like a backwards redneck town more  More

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Over 3 years ago

If you love bars, trailers, isolation, and generic shopping while feeling depressed then this is the place for you. Panama City has alot of shallow people, most red  More

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This review is from a 24 year resident moved from Michigan. When I first moved, I missed the bigger city things like a university, large library, electronics stores, and  More

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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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ZIPS IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
32405 32401
ZIPS IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA
32907 32909 32905 32908

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