2025 Compare Cities Education:
Port St. Lucie, FL vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Bay City spends 2.2% less per student than Port St. Lucie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.7% lower in Bay City than in Port St. Lucie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bay City had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port St. Lucie
 Port St. Lucie, FLBay City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,002  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,278$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7764573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
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 5 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 6 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 Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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