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Cocoa, FL vs North Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- North Myrtle Beach spends 16.7% more per student than Cocoa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.6% lower in North Myrtle Beach than in Cocoa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- North Myrtle Beach had 8.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cocoa
 Cocoa, FLNorth Myrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5014573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Cocoa    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Cocoa benefits = super low property taxes, very little hurricane damage in last 40 years, grow anything (we grow 40% of what we eat in a regular neighborhood lot) 17  More

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Over 14 years ago

We have lived in cocoa FL for 7yrs and rockledge before cocoa for 20yrs,we now live in cocoa,it's a very dirty town has nothing to offer,the crime yet unreported  More

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Over 16 years ago

A great place to  More

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Reviews for North Myrtle Beach    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

High taxes, tolls, utilities but close to NYC. Not a good place to retire unless well to do & you have a house on the Jersey shore. Then again, that's if your house  More

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Definitely a tourist area. Not a good place to raise kids! Schools are terrible. Decent amount of crime, nothing too extreme. High accident rate. Dear god do NOT drive  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have visited this area and it is very nice. I am thinking of longer stays. The only thing I find troubling is the lower end rating for water in this area in general.  More

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