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Fort Lauderdale, FL vs Garden Grove, CA

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- Garden Grove spends 30.3% more per student than Fort Lauderdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.9% higher in Garden Grove than in Fort Lauderdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Garden Grove had 15.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Lauderdale
 Fort Lauderdale, FLGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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