2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Petersburg, FL vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 36.9% more per student than St. Petersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.3% higher in Bend than in St. Petersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Petersburg
 St. Petersburg, FLBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,164  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor404  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for St. Petersburg    56 Reviews

I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as  More

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I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's  More

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Over 5 years ago

True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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