2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bethesda, MD vs Wellington, FL

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Highlights
- Wellington spends 34.0% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.2% higher in Wellington than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wellington had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDWellington, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,960$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7454573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 Wellington    12 Reviews

Unfortunately, our recently elected Mayor Anne Gerwig along with the city council unexpectedly and rather quickly voted unanimously to reinstate the highly contentious  More

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Over 14 years ago

The weather is  More

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Over 14 years ago

We were NY transplants that moved to Wellington, FL after having lived in Southern Palm Beach County (Boca Raton and Delray Beach) for several years. Having 3 young  More

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