2025 Compare Cities Education:
Merrillville, IN vs Daytona Beach, FL

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- Daytona Beach spends 18.7% less per student than Merrillville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% lower in Daytona Beach than in Merrillville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Daytona Beach had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Merrillville
 Merrillville, INDaytona Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,617$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,374$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9424573
 Students per Counselor674  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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Just thirty minuits from Chicago . Good schools. Low cost of  More

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Reasonable cost of living and fairly safe. Also close to Chitown so the cultural stuff is there. Shopping is run of the mill brand name franchises, nothing too  More

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Reviews for Daytona Beach    18 Reviews

It's important to know there are two Daytonas. There's Daytona Beach, which is where, well, the beach is. Then there's Daytona on the mainland side of things. These are  More

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I moved here in April of 2018 and I'm very happy. I live downtown on the Halifax river/Intracoastal Waterway, by the beautiful marina and the Chart House restaurant. I'm  More

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They also built a Tanger Outlet Store with multiple shops. You can find things to do in Daytona Beach. I think the area gets a very bad rap at times due to Bike Week  More

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