2025 Compare Cities Education:
Staten Island, NY vs Miami Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Miami Beach spends 50.0% less per student than Staten Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.6% higher in Miami Beach than in Staten Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami Beach had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Staten Island
 Staten Island, NYMiami Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,672  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor10528  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Staten Island    2 Reviews

Expensive housing. Lots of traffic at times, but still many times nicer than the rest of NYC. Staten Island has a few beautiful beaches, and overall most of the people  More

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Over 7 years ago

Low quality of life, expect a 60-90 minute commute if you live here as there are no jobs on the island. As for the people, they are very rude and miserable, have serious  More

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Reviews for Miami Beach    15 Reviews

I like it cause its walkable. Bert in general doesn't know much and the biggest problem in Miami Beach is rising oceans. Just Google that. Its a nice place to visit  More

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Over 8 years ago

Great place to live, eat and spend holidays with  More

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Over 9 years ago

Life here are extremely expensive, I lived here 1 year ago, and this's my opinion, bad things, the parking are the worst in Miami Area, there are no space, a lot of  More

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