2025 Compare Cities Education:
Crystal River, FL vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 25.3% more per student than Crystal River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.5% higher in Birmingham than in Crystal River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Crystal River
 Crystal River, FLBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor424  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Crystal River    2 Reviews

I really wish we'd moved elsewhere. Crystal River is great for outdoorsy retirees but we're having a really hard time finding satisfactory educational quality for our  More

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Over 18 years ago

what an amazing place they call this area the nature coast of florida and it doen't dissappoint. if you enjoy anything outdoors this area has it to  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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