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Tampa, FL vs Appleton, WI

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Highlights
- Appleton spends 13.6% more per student than Tampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% lower in Appleton than in Tampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Appleton had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tampa
 Tampa, FLAppleton, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,610$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,438  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4784573
 Students per Counselor476  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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Reviews for Appleton    23 Reviews

Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very  More

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Over 7 years ago

Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you  More

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Over 8 years ago

Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by  More

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