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Mount Prospect, IL vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 49.3% less per student than Mount Prospect.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.4% higher in Tampa than in Mount Prospect. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Prospect

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 Mount Prospect, ILTampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,907$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508$9,438$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,567$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9717.2416.23
 Students per Librarian148010264573
 Students per Counselor481476530
 Grade School Educ.4.5%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.2%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%15.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.2%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.1%41.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%4.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Mount Prospect    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Because of powerful teachers unions, taxes are always rising and becoming unaffordable.   More

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Over 13 years ago

The PACE bus system is okay here if you want to go to the CTA L station,but getting around to different suburbs is a real  More

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Over 15 years ago

Although Mt. Prospect is incredibly diverse, housing is very expensive and the area doesn't have much charm. There are strip malls and a lot of traffic. The library is  More

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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ZIPS IN MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS
60056
ZIPS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total

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