2026 Compare Cities Education:
Cocoa Beach, FL vs Houston, TX

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Highlights
- Houston spends 19.7% more per student than Cocoa Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% lower in Houston than in Cocoa Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Houston had 18.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cocoa Beach
 Cocoa Beach, FLHouston, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,825$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,942$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14704573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Cocoa Beach    3 Reviews

Cocoa beach is a great place to visit, closest beach to Disney. The people are very friendly. The schools are rated very well. I think the town needs a bit of  More

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Over 13 years ago

just want to say Cocoa Beach was a quiet little town when i was there. i did not hear of any major violent crime activity. you may want to take another look at the  More

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I dont know were you got this information on crime in Cocoa Beach. But I have lived here all my life and this is so not true. You might be confused with the City of  More

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 4 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 4 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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