2025 Compare Cities Education:
Myrtle Beach, SC vs Fort Pierce, FL

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- Fort Pierce spends 10.6% less per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.8% higher in Fort Pierce than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Pierce had 13.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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Reviews for Fort Pierce    4 Reviews

Fort Pierce has both beautiful pristine Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Indian River Lagoon state of the art marinas. The two are linked by the best ocean inlet in the state  More

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Over 18 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 18 years ago

I moved here from Ohio nearly three years ago. It was fun at first...fishing,the beach and the winter weather was nice. But, after the honeymoon was over, I began to see  More

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