2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Petersburg, FL vs South Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- South Tucson spends 7.5% less per student than St. Petersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in South Tucson than in St. Petersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Tucson had 29.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Petersburg
 St. Petersburg, FLSouth Tucson, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,164  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor404  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock15.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock65.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 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 South Tucson    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I loved Tucson for a while, I've lived here 12yrs but now that I want to settle down and finally get married and have kids I want a safer place to raise my kids, also a  More

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Over 17 years ago

I hate to say it, but disappointed. Standards in Tucson in general are lower than I've ever seen in a City. I've lived in L.A, Hollywood, San Jose, Santa Clara,  More

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