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Bethesda, MD vs Miami Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Miami Beach spends 40.0% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.9% higher in Miami Beach than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami Beach had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDMiami Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Miami Beach    15 Reviews

I like it cause its walkable. Bert in general doesn't know much and the biggest problem in Miami Beach is rising oceans. Just Google that. Its a nice place to visit  More

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Over 9 years ago

Great place to live, eat and spend holidays with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Life here are extremely expensive, I lived here 1 year ago, and this's my opinion, bad things, the parking are the worst in Miami Area, there are no space, a lot of  More

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