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Miami, FL vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe spends 1.3% less per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.3% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 9.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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