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Cocoa Beach, FL vs Panama City, FL

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Highlights
- Panama City spends 25.4% more per student than Cocoa Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.9% higher in Panama City than in Cocoa Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Panama City had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cocoa Beach
 Cocoa Beach, FLPanama City, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,200$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7694573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 12 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 Panama City    20 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved here from Akron, OH back in 2007 and was expecting a huge city (similar to Miami), nope, I was wrong. It ended up being more like a backwards redneck town more  More

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Over 4 years ago

If you love bars, trailers, isolation, and generic shopping while feeling depressed then this is the place for you. Panama City has alot of shallow people, most red  More

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This review is from a 24 year resident moved from Michigan. When I first moved, I missed the bigger city things like a university, large library, electronics stores, and  More

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