2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chicago, IL vs Miami Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Miami Beach spends 46.0% less per student than Chicago.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.5% higher in Miami Beach than in Chicago. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami Beach had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chicago
 Chicago, ILMiami Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  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 8 years ago

Great place to live, eat and spend holidays with  More

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Over 9 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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