2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pittsfield, MA vs Florence, AL

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Highlights
- Florence spends 51.4% less per student than Pittsfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 78.2% higher in Florence than in Pittsfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Florence had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsfield
 Pittsfield, MAFlorence, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,356$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,206  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5864573
 Students per Counselor370  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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Reviews for Florence    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I am a 41 yr old female in search of a new life. I am not running I amj ust trying to find myself some happiness and I would like to know what I can rent there to make  More

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Over 15 years ago

A few years ago, while i was still living in Florence, the local newspaper did an article abt why the young educated people were leaving Florence. In my early 20's as i  More

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Over 16 years ago

we will relocate to Alabama, Muscle Shoals, Florence, Sheffield area.We would like a nice town to live in, where our two kids can grow up and would not cost us a  More

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