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Port Townsend, WA vs Vero Beach, FL

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- Vero Beach spends 36.9% less per student than Port Townsend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% lower in Vero Beach than in Port Townsend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vero Beach had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Townsend
 Port Townsend, WAVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,022$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,176  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,034$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor360  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Port Townsend    8 Reviews

We live a little over an hour away and absolutely love Port Townsend and the surrounding areas. There are a lot of surprises. There are great places to eat, live music,  More

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I loved living in Port Townsend for about 20 years. It’s a quiet and safe town with several festivals, art, music, and more. The main economy is centered around tourism  More

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Transplant Californians are selling their shacks for a million, and purchasing homes here for twice what they should cost due to supply and demand. Port Townsend is a  More

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Reviews for Vero Beach    22 Reviews

I grew up in Miami, BEFORE you had to wear a bullet proof vest to live there! I have lived in 9 other states and moved back to Fla over 2 years ago. First to Naples  More

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Over 14 years ago

Thanks for sharing fun facts about Vero Beach but more over: Let it be boring....no fun...no bars... After all...where ever the so called "fun" is... rest  More

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Over 14 years ago

relocating to vero beach, understand quite laid back, what to do, we enjoy endlessly, cards, majong, board games, semi formal dinner dances, are we in the right place,  More

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