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Leesburg, FL vs St. Petersburg, FL

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Highlights
- St. Petersburg spends 17.9% more per student than Leesburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.1% lower in St. Petersburg than in Leesburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Petersburg had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Leesburg

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 Leesburg, FLSt. Petersburg, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,858$11,625$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,190$10,164$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,621$6,090$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.1115.8916.23
 Students per Librarian14338214573
 Students per Counselor472404530
 Grade School Educ.4.0%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.0%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.7%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.6%38.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.7%9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%2.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%1.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Leesburg    4 Reviews

My city sits between Lakes Harris and Griffin as part of the St. John's river system it helped the city grow.Now we rest between the two top growing communitys in  More

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Due to poor wages for the working class most people have to work two jobs this includes both husband and wife therefore children lack supervision so the crime rate is  More

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Nice little town surrounded by lakes. Great if you are retired as the majority of the population is 60+. This is largely driven by The Villages (largest retirement  More

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Reviews for St. Petersburg    56 Reviews

I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as  More

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I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's  More

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Over 4 years ago

True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job  More

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ZIPS IN LEESBURG, FLORIDA
34748
ZIPS IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
33710, 33713, 33702, 33705, 33712, 33703, 33711, 33716, 33704, 33701, 10 total

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