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Roswell, GA vs Panama City, FL

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Highlights
- Panama City spends 17.4% less per student than Roswell.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.6% higher in Panama City than in Roswell. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Panama City had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Roswell
 Roswell, GAPanama City, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,100  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,200$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7694573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Roswell    16 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I just moved here from out of state was excited because the area is beautiful, beautiful homes, parks, and schools have great ratings. Everyone seems nice when we are  More

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Over 8 years ago

While the public schools are good, they are constantly being under-funded and classroom sizes are increasing. You can get a decent home for the money here, but the area  More

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Over 8 years ago

We recently relocated (cross country) to Roswell, GA, and our family could not have found a better place. This is a family friendly town, with an abundance of activities  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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