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North Port, FL vs Decatur, TN

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- Decatur spends 24.5% less per student than North Port.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.4% lower in Decatur than in North Port. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 16.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to North Port
 North Port, FLDecatur, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,155$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,474$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock76.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for North Port    19 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Good climate, affordable housing, close to  More

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Your typical suburban bedroom community. Affordable housing, most commute to jobs elsewhere, little sense of place, no real downtown. But like a lot of these types of  More

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North Port offers the best in overall climate, low taxes, affordable housing, easy access to a wide variety of shopping, good schools, good medical care, low crime, and  More

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Reviews for Decatur    2 Reviews

We need more places to eat and buy groceries, we are lossing a lot of sale tax money from people going to Athens and other near by  More

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Over 20 years ago

We need a judge who will quit slapping meth cooks and users/sellers on the wrist and putting them back on the street with little fine or jail time or community  More

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