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Fort Lee, NJ vs Miami, FL

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Highlights
- Miami spends 52.4% less per student than Fort Lee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 52.0% higher in Miami than in Fort Lee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami had 16.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Lee
 Fort Lee, NJMiami, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Lee    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Fort Lee is the most convenient place I can imagine. It's a small, tree-lined borough sitting at the front door of the world's greatest city. Fort Lee is  More

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Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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