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Highlands, NC vs Coral Gables, FL

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- Coral Gables spends 5.0% more per student than Highlands.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.5% higher in Coral Gables than in Highlands. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Coral Gables had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highlands
 Highlands, NCCoral Gables, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,359  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%1.5%
Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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Reviews for Coral Gables    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Housing is too  More

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I have lived in Florida, specifically, in Miami-Dade for about 18 years. Having found a glass ceiling up north due to my handicapping name (Guillermo, it could have been  More

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As Coral Gables City Founder George Merrick formulated the initial elements of his dream city in the 1920's , he identified spacious park and open space locations,  More

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