2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Cloud, FL vs Murphy, NC

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Highlights
- Murphy spends 20.0% more per student than St. Cloud.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.4% lower in Murphy than in St. Cloud. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Murphy had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Cloud
 St. Cloud, FLMurphy, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,498$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,872  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,002$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7884573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for St. Cloud    11 Reviews

Small town with big city crowds. This area is is choked with people and it’s just growing. But no infrastructure to go with it. We have long lines EVERYWHERE we go. Huge  More

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Carly McDonah comes to Godwin Realty with 10 years of experience in residential real estate, working with both buyers and sellers around the St. Cloud and Kissimmee  More

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I agree wholeheartedly with the opinion of the topic posted above mine. I used to live here over twenty years ago. I lived here for a few years and then left and did not  More

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Reviews for Murphy    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Any & all information on living in your area will be very much appreciated. Middle schools, community collage, shopping, transportation, housing & community  More

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Over 16 years ago

I moved to Murphy to get away from the hustle in Florida. I found the mountains so beautiful. But there is no work there. It's basically a place for retire's. The people  More

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Over 17 years ago

I moved here over 12 yrs ago and have loved being here ever since.Two children to raise as a single mom and found it less exspensive then our previous home in Florida,  More

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