2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Pierce, FL vs Gulf Shores, AL

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Highlights
- Gulf Shores spends 16.1% more per student than Fort Pierce.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% lower in Gulf Shores than in Fort Pierce. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gulf Shores had 21.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Pierce
 Fort Pierce, FLGulf Shores, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,002  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,183$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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

Entertainment is  More

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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 Gulf Shores    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Owned a place there for 20 years and spend a few weeks each season there. Heading back in a few weeks! Lows: Spotty internet for work. Saturday traffic. Hurricanes.  More

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I know that there are a few people out there that would just as soon throw rotten tomatoes at me for saying what I’m about to say, but I hate, hate, HATE living in Gulf  More

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Over 14 years ago

Gulf Shores offers many sunny days, compared to the rest of Baldwin County.  More

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