2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Pierce, FL vs Panama City Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Panama City Beach spends 20.1% more per student than Fort Pierce.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% lower in Panama City Beach than in Fort Pierce. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Panama City Beach had 15.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Pierce
 Fort Pierce, FLPanama City Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,002  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,200$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7694573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Panama City Beach    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived here since 2001 and have seen many changes, mainly for the good. Although in the last couple years, and even more so after Hurricane Michael the cost of  More

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Over 6 years ago

I loved this area until I heard the property owners/corporations increased peoples rents between 30% to 90% that were still recovering from last years  More

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Over 12 years ago

Pannama city lived in the neighboring area 6 years loved it . I think you expect to much from such a small town as for the papermill you either put up with the smell or  More

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