2025 Compare Cities Education:
Okeechobee, FL vs Belle Mead, NJ

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Highlights
- Belle Mead spends 143.7% more per student than Okeechobee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.7% lower in Belle Mead than in Okeechobee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Belle Mead had 17.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Okeechobee
 Okeechobee, FLBelle Mead, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,575$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,108  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,279$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor427  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock29.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.1%1.5%
Reviews for Okeechobee    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I have lived in Okeechobee since 1985. It is a good place to raise kids due to lower crime rates, however, children-related activities are few and far between, unless  More

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Over 16 years ago

It was named for the Lake Okeechobee, which was itself named for Hitchiti words oka (water) and chobi (big). I grew up in Okeechobee County in the 70's, I still love  More

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Over 17 years ago

This town has such a crazy name. I cant even pronounce it and i live  More

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Reviews for Belle Mead    1 Reviews

Belle Mead is a quiet slice of suburbia nestled between Princeton and New Brunswick. We moved here in 1990 because I worked at Princeton University and my wife was a  More

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