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Columbia, MO vs Panama City Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Panama City Beach spends 5.7% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.1% higher in Panama City Beach than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Panama City Beach had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia

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 Columbia, MOPanama City Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,237$13,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303$10,427$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,199$6,200$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7918.316.23
 Students per Librarian4527694573
 Students per Counselor260409530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%24.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%31.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.5%7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.3%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for Panama City Beach    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here since 2001 and have seen many changes, mainly for the good. Although in the last couple years, and even more so after Hurricane Michael the cost of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I loved this area until I heard the property owners/corporations increased peoples rents between 30% to 90% that were still recovering from last years  More

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Over 11 years ago

Pannama city lived in the neighboring area 6 years loved it . I think you expect to much from such a small town as for the papermill you either put up with the smell or  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
65203 65202 65201 65215
ZIPS IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA
32413 32407

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