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Miami, FL vs Orange Beach, AL

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Highlights
- Orange Beach spends 9.7% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% lower in Orange Beach than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Orange Beach had 21.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLOrange Beach, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,183$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Orange Beach    3 Reviews

There is a great divide I agree but I live in Orange Beach and we are lower middle class and are quite happy. There are several things to do for families and with a  More

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Over 15 years ago

There is a great divide in rich and poor but I live in Orange Beach and we are lower middle class and are quite happy. There are several things to do for families and  More

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This area is heavily populated with ostentatious elitists. It is growing rapidly and, because it is so expensive to live here now, it seems to only be attracting the  More

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