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Pittsfield, MA vs Fort Pierce, FL

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- Fort Pierce spends 52.2% less per student than Pittsfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 84.1% higher in Fort Pierce than in Pittsfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Pierce had 14.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsfield
 Pittsfield, MAFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,206  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor370  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 11 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 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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