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Fort Myers Beach, FL vs North Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- North Myrtle Beach spends 8.3% more per student than Fort Myers Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.3% lower in North Myrtle Beach than in Fort Myers Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- North Myrtle Beach had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Myers Beach

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 Fort Myers Beach, FLNorth Myrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,545$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,527$11,111$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,654$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8114.6116.23
 Students per Librarian28705014573
 Students per Counselor557357530
 Grade School Educ.1.3%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%21.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%36.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.0%10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Fort Myers Beach    2 Reviews

Live at the southern end of Fort Myers Beach near Lover's Key. The beaches are wide and the water turquoise  More

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Wonderful island town with a laid-back lifestyle and lively politics! Beautiful beach with easy  More

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Reviews for North Myrtle Beach    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

High taxes, tolls, utilities but close to NYC. Not a good place to retire unless well to do & you have a house on the Jersey shore. Then again, that's if your house  More

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Definitely a tourist area. Not a good place to raise kids! Schools are terrible. Decent amount of crime, nothing too extreme. High accident rate. Dear god do NOT drive  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have visited this area and it is very nice. I am thinking of longer stays. The only thing I find troubling is the lower end rating for water in this area in general.  More

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