2025 Compare Cities Education:
Parkland, FL vs Fort Pierce, FL

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Highlights
- Fort Pierce spends 4.6% less per student than Parkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.2% lower in Fort Pierce than in Parkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Pierce had 20.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parkland
 Parkland, FLFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Parkland    8 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I am only 18 years old, but I have lived here for 10 years, more than half of my life. I attended Riverglades Elementary, Westglades middle, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas  More

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Over 11 years ago

Let's face it, South Florida has really gone downhill fast in the past 5-7 years. Maybe it was the economy crashing, maybe it was the influx of crazies and weirdos to  More

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Our family is from Chicago and we have been living here a year now. Our family settled in NE Parkland, which is considered the "older" section of town. I like it here!   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 18 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 18 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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