2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bay Shore, NY vs Melbourne, FL

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Highlights
- Melbourne spends 64.5% less per student than Bay Shore.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.3% higher in Melbourne than in Bay Shore. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Melbourne had 6.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bay Shore
 Bay Shore, NYMelbourne, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,715$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$26,965  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,574$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8384573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bay Shore    6 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Long Island is very expensive. Bay Shore is definitely one of the cheaper parts of the island, but it's still  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great community but saddled with taxes that are detracting from the quality of life here on Long  More

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I find the quality of life here in Bay Shore becoming more and more difficult. Due to the lack of convenient public transportation our population is forced to clog the  More

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Reviews for Melbourne    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Moved here from Ohio 3 months ago, trying not to be disappointed, there isn't much to do, its really small and shopping is bad. I wanted out of Cleveland but didn't  More

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I have lived in many areas of this town. It is growing and has a nice selection of older and very new areas. The access to beaches and parks is quick and well kept.   More

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The rating on here is accurate. Crime is rather high. There's shootings and killings constantly. If you're coming from another state, just check floridatoday.com at  More

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