2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cocoa, FL vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 3.6% more per student than Cocoa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% higher in Tampa than in Cocoa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cocoa
 Cocoa, FLTampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Tampa    162 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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