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

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Highlights
- Miami spends 50.0% less per student than Staten Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.6% higher in Miami than in Staten Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami had 10.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Staten Island
 Staten Island, NYMiami, 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.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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