2026 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Pierce, FL vs Chester, PA

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Highlights
- Chester spends 99.6% more per student than Fort Pierce.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% lower in Chester than in Fort Pierce. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chester had 8.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Pierce
 Fort Pierce, FLChester, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,319$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,002  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,892$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6004573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Pierce    4 Reviews

Fort Pierce has both beautiful pristine Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Indian River Lagoon state of the art marinas. The two are linked by the best ocean inlet in the state  More

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Over 19 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 19 years ago

I moved here from Ohio nearly three years ago. It was fun at first...fishing,the beach and the winter weather was nice. But, after the honeymoon was over, I began to see  More

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Reviews for Chester    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A SMALL TOWN, THE TRANSPORTATION IS CONVENIENT FOR ALL MODES OR LINKS TO ALL AREAS OUTSIDE THE  More

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The people are the problem in Chester PA. Probably 97% of the poplulation abuses drugs. Many of the people that live there aide the drug dealers because they grew up  More

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25% of the population living below the poverty line, at times the drop out rate from the high school has been 50% (which explains why 25% of adults over 18 don't have a  More

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