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West Palm Beach, FL vs Elk Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Elk Grove spends 17.1% more per student than West Palm Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.9% higher in Elk Grove than in West Palm Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elk Grove had 4.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to West Palm Beach

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 West Palm Beach, FLElk Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,018$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,960$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3822.7516.23
 Students per Librarian74563214573
 Students per Counselor433641530
 Grade School Educ.6.9%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%4.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.8%90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%25.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.8%37.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for West Palm Beach    51 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Palm Beach county is getting over crowded at least from point of view. High property taxes and home owners insurance (due to hurricanes) traffic is getting worse.   More

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Over 8 years ago

I couldn't think of a better place to live. There are so many things to do around town. Traffic in not bad, for the most part. There's a good mix of cultural diversity.  More

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Over 8 years ago

Why is Cultural diversity considered a pro for West Palm  More

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Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  More

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ZIPS IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
33417 33409 33407 33401 33405
ZIPS IN ELK GROVE, CALIFORNIA
95624 95758 95757

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