2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cocoa, FL vs Port Charlotte, FL

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Highlights
- Port Charlotte spends 10.8% more per student than Cocoa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.2% higher in Port Charlotte than in Cocoa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Port Charlotte had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cocoa
 Cocoa, FLPort Charlotte, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,876$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,082$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6834573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Port Charlotte    34 Reviews

We have enjoyed living in Port Charlotte now 2 years. It is out of the hussle and bussel of Fort Myers/Naples. Still has the beauty that nature has to offer, and cute  More

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Dethen · 

Probably the worst decision I've ever made. The people are inept and rude at best, the food is some of the lowest quality I've ever had in florida and the job  More

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Over 10 years ago

I bought a really nice house in Port Charlotte fl with a pool on a corner lot 1 block from Sunrise park where u can put your boat in a go to the Gulf Ocean-I think its  More

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