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St. Petersburg, FL vs Riverview, FL

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Highlights
- Riverview spends 4.5% less per student than St. Petersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% higher in Riverview than in St. Petersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Riverview had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Petersburg
 St. Petersburg, FLRiverview, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,164  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor404  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 6 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 Riverview    5 Reviews

One of the few areas in the Tampa Bay region that there is abundant land, not for long, this place is seeing urban sprawl in the last 3 years like no other in America.  More

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Over 15 years ago

We've lived in Riverview for 4 years now, and our neighborhood is about half empty, and has been as long as we've been here. Almost all the houses are rentals, which is  More

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Originally from Upstate NY, we moved to Riverview which I enjoyed being in newer developments. Convenient to everything, Siesta Key, Disney, Clearwater, Macdill AF.  More

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