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St. Clair Shores, MI vs Melbourne, FL

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Highlights
- Melbourne spends 20.3% less per student than St. Clair Shores.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.3% lower in Melbourne than in St. Clair Shores. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Melbourne had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Clair Shores
 St. Clair Shores, MIMelbourne, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,715$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,162  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,574$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8384573
 Students per Counselor617  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for St. Clair Shores    3 Reviews

I have lived in SCS since 2002. In that time SCS is slowly doing down hill. SCS have three school districts and for a city of its size that's two too many. The  More

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Over 11 years ago

Overall, the city is clean, nice and safe. However, if you are in your 20s, you will hate St. Clair Shores. There is pretty much nothing to do here, and the population  More

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Over 16 years ago

many choices for diffeernt budgets and  More

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Reviews for Melbourne    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Moved here from Ohio 3 months ago, trying not to be disappointed, there isn't much to do, its really small and shopping is bad. I wanted out of Cleveland but didn't  More

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I have lived in many areas of this town. It is growing and has a nice selection of older and very new areas. The access to beaches and parks is quick and well kept.   More

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The rating on here is accurate. Crime is rather high. There's shootings and killings constantly. If you're coming from another state, just check floridatoday.com at  More

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