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Tampa, FL vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- Myrtle Beach spends 12.6% more per student than Tampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% lower in Myrtle Beach than in Tampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Myrtle Beach had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tampa

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 Tampa, FLMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,103$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,438$11,111$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,009$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2414.6116.23
 Students per Librarian10265014573
 Students per Counselor476357530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%6.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.4%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%20.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.9%10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%30.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%1.3%1.5%

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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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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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Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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ZIPS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total
ZIPS IN MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA
29577 29568 29572

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