2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Pierce, FL vs Grand Rapids, MI

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Highlights
- Grand Rapids spends 31.2% more per student than Fort Pierce.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% lower in Grand Rapids than in Fort Pierce. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Rapids had 12.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Pierce
 Fort Pierce, FLGrand Rapids, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,664$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,002  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,936$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 18 years ago

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Over 18 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 Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

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