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Fort Pierce, FL vs St. Petersburg, FL

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Highlights
- St. Petersburg spends 4.0% more per student than Fort Pierce.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% lower in St. Petersburg than in Fort Pierce. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Petersburg had 18.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Pierce

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 Fort Pierce, FLSt. Petersburg, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,181$11,625$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,002$10,164$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,827$6,090$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.9615.8916.23
 Students per Librarian11558214573
 Students per Counselor312404530
 Grade School Educ.9.0%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.3%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.78.7%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.9%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.6%38.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.8%9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%2.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.5%1.5%

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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 17 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 17 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 St. Petersburg    56 Reviews

I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as  More

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I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's  More

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Over 4 years ago

True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job  More

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ZIPS IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
34982 34950 34947 34949 34981 34945
ZIPS IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
33710, 33713, 33702, 33705, 33712, 33703, 33711, 33716, 33704, 33701, 10 total

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