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Panama City Beach, FL vs Fort Pierce, FL

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- Fort Pierce spends 16.8% less per student than Panama City Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% higher in Fort Pierce than in Panama City Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Pierce had 13.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Panama City Beach
 Panama City Beach, FLFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,427  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Panama City Beach    12 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I've lived here since 2001 and have seen many changes, mainly for the good. Although in the last couple years, and even more so after Hurricane Michael the cost of  More

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Over 7 years ago

I loved this area until I heard the property owners/corporations increased peoples rents between 30% to 90% that were still recovering from last years  More

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Over 13 years ago

Pannama city lived in the neighboring area 6 years loved it . I think you expect to much from such a small town as for the papermill you either put up with the smell or  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 19 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 19 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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