2025 Compare Cities Education:
Berkeley, CA vs St. Petersburg, FL

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Highlights
- St. Petersburg spends 34.6% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.5% lower in St. Petersburg than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Petersburg had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley
 Berkeley, CASt. Petersburg, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,625$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,090$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8214573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for St. Petersburg    56 Reviews

I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as  More

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I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's  More

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Over 5 years ago

True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job  More

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