2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pacific Grove, CA vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 27.8% less per student than Pacific Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.7% lower in Tampa than in Pacific Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacific Grove
 Pacific Grove, CATampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,156  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

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 3 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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