2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Lauderdale, FL vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 12.5% more per student than Fort Lauderdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% higher in Birmingham than in Fort Lauderdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Lauderdale
 Fort Lauderdale, FLBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Lauderdale    64 Reviews

Fort Lauderdale and South Florida are eclectic, which makes for a tough adjustment if you're from a homogenous area. The secret is to find the location of all the things  More

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Like any city, Fort Lauderdale has it's good points and it's bad. On the good side you can't beat the weather here, especially October to June. No snow and no winter  More

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Over 10 years ago

My husband I are are from Illinois and Indiana. We moved here five years ago and we still HATE it! In the Midwest people are friendly and care about others. I can't  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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