2024 Compare Cities Education:
Holyoke, MA vs Melbourne, FL

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Highlights
- Melbourne spends 50.0% less per student than Holyoke.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.9% higher in Melbourne than in Holyoke. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Melbourne had 17.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Holyoke
 Holyoke, MAMelbourne, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,412$10,715$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,553$9,148$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,506$5,574$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.5216.3516.23
 Students per Librarian5228384573
 Students per Counselor319397530
 Grade School Educ.7.7%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.0%5.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.78.4%92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.6%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.0%11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%31.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.9%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Holyoke    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

best place to live in if you dont live  More

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Maeve · 

Crime is unavoidable. The sound of gun shots ring throughout the night. Trash strewn streets that are not cleaned more than once per year. Some people think that they  More

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Over 15 years ago

Holyoke is bad only in downtown and in the public projects. As every city or town, there are good and bad areas with gangs and no gangs. And even then, we've had have  More

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Reviews for Melbourne    29 Reviews

Was looking for change from Orlando area- crime and hecticness- and went to an opposite extreme Let me start by saying that I am moving soon. I am moving back to the  More

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Over 3 years ago

Moved here from Ohio 3 months ago, trying not to be disappointed, there isn't much to do, its really small and shopping is bad. I wanted out of Cleveland but didn't  More

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I have lived in many areas of this town. It is growing and has a nice selection of older and very new areas. The access to beaches and parks is quick and well kept.   More

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