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Fort Walton Beach, FL vs Chico, CA

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- Chico spends 56.1% more per student than Fort Walton Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.6% higher in Chico than in Fort Walton Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Walton Beach
 Fort Walton Beach, FLChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,180  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58434573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Walton Beach    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Ive lived in Fort Walton for atleast 15yrs.Ive seen the good days(early to late 200's)and now the bad.If you move here,youd better make atleast $10,000 a month.These  More

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I would like to know if Fort Walton Beach is a better place to live rather than busy Clearwater FL. We want to re-locate to a quieter city with all the amenities of a  More

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FWB is great for its beautiful beaches and saltwater fishing. It's also easy to move around town except during rush hour (yes, we have a rush hour - but it literally  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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