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Cocoa Beach, FL vs Port St. Lucie, FL

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Highlights
- Port St. Lucie spends 4.3% more per student than Cocoa Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.0% higher in Port St. Lucie than in Cocoa Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Port St. Lucie had 7.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cocoa Beach
 Cocoa Beach, FLPort St. Lucie, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 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 Port St. Lucie    53 Reviews

Been here since 2017 and have enjoyed it very much. This is not a 'Big City', so if you're looking for all the big city trappings move on. It's quiet. I have  More

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Raymond · 
Over 5 years ago

We have visited four times and love it so much that we purchased a home here, and move in two weeks! Lets see first the good things. Beautiful weather year around.  More

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Over 6 years ago

Where do I begin. Been here for a few years now and just waiting to retire so I can concentrate on other places. Didn't take more than a year to figure this place out  More

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