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Pittsfield, MA vs Panama City, FL

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Highlights
- Panama City spends 42.5% less per student than Pittsfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 77.7% higher in Panama City than in Pittsfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Panama City had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsfield
 Pittsfield, MAPanama City, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,206  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,200$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7694573
 Students per Counselor370  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Panama City    20 Reviews

Over 3 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 4 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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