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Harrisburg, NC vs Big Pine Key, FL

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- Big Pine Key spends 90.9% more per student than Harrisburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% lower in Big Pine Key than in Harrisburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Big Pine Key had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisburg
 Harrisburg, NCBig Pine Key, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,686$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22134573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Harrisburg    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived in Harrisburg, NC since 2002. I moved here from a suburb of Detroit. I wanted to live in an area that was close to Charlotte, but still had a small town  More

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Over 13 years ago

great pricing on homes here.  More

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Over 17 years ago

You are only bored if you are boring. If you can't find anything to do this close to Charlotte...you have  More

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Reviews for Big Pine Key    1 Reviews

I'd lived in Florida (Orlando) most of my life, and thought we had considered all the pros/cons when we chose to semi-retire in remote, rural Big Pine Key, in the  More

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