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Melbourne, FL vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 8.2% less per student than Melbourne.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.7% higher in Jacksonville than in Melbourne. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Melbourne

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 Melbourne, FLJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,715$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148$9,258$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,574$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3518.116.23
 Students per Librarian83822234573
 Students per Counselor397506530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%6.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.4%90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%21.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.8%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.0%30.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%1.0%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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