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Hilton Head Island, SC vs Panama City Beach, FL

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- Panama City Beach spends 10.9% less per student than Hilton Head Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.4% higher in Panama City Beach than in Hilton Head Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Panama City Beach had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hilton Head Island

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 Hilton Head Island, SCPanama City Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,072$13,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,547$10,427$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,547$6,200$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.1718.316.23
 Students per Librarian3437694573
 Students per Counselor289409530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%24.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%31.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.7%7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.2%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Hilton Head Island    21 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Unfortunately Beaufort county is full of transplanted northerners who do nothing but whine and cry about everything. They leave the north to come to the south and then  More

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We got a second home on Hilton Head Island 10 years ago to get away from the Canadian winter weather. It took about 3 days to realize this is where we want to be  More

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I have watched HHI change remarkably in the 40 years I have lived there. Development really started in 1979 and the early residents were explorers and drop outs who  More

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Reviews for Panama City Beach    12 Reviews

Over 5 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 5 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 11 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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29926 29928
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32413 32407

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