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Panama City, FL vs Visalia, CA

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Highlights
- Visalia spends 9.2% more per student than Panama City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.4% higher in Visalia than in Panama City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Visalia had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Panama City
 Panama City, FLVisalia, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,667$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,427  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock944534573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Panama City    20 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I moved here from Akron, OH back in 2007 and was expecting a huge city (similar to Miami), nope, I was wrong. It ended up being more like a backwards redneck town more  More

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Over 5 years ago

If you love bars, trailers, isolation, and generic shopping while feeling depressed then this is the place for you. Panama City has alot of shallow people, most red  More

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This review is from a 24 year resident moved from Michigan. When I first moved, I missed the bigger city things like a university, large library, electronics stores, and  More

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Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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