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Port St. Lucie, FL vs Alamosa, CO

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Highlights
- Alamosa spends 0.5% less per student than Port St. Lucie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.4% lower in Alamosa than in Port St. Lucie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alamosa had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port St. Lucie

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 Port St. Lucie, FLAlamosa, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,181$11,124$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,002$10,048$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,827$5,660$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.9615.6616.23
 Students per Librarian11554874573
 Students per Counselor312182530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.4%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.4%23.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.5%6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%2.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Port St. Lucie    53 Reviews

Been here since 2017 and have enjoyed it very much. This is not a 'Big City', so if you're looking for all the big city trappings move on. It's quiet. I have  More

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Raymond · 
Over 4 years ago

We have visited four times and love it so much that we purchased a home here, and move in two weeks! Lets see first the good things. Beautiful weather year around.  More

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Over 5 years ago

Where do I begin. Been here for a few years now and just waiting to retire so I can concentrate on other places. Didn't take more than a year to figure this place out  More

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Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 11 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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ZIPS IN PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA
34953 34983 34952 34986 34984 34987
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