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Tampa, FL vs West Chester, PA

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Highlights
- West Chester spends 85.0% more per student than Tampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.0% lower in West Chester than in Tampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Chester had 4.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tampa
 Tampa, FLWest Chester, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,536$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,438  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,034$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5544573
 Students per Counselor476  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 West Chester    14 Reviews

We've lived in various states, small towns & big cities, all over the country and we both felt West Chester was home as soon as we hit downtown. We've been here 8 years  More

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There seems to be 2 different profiles for West Chester, PA. One says it's a town of <20K and another says it's more like a small city at over 40K. I was kind of  More

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Over 13 years ago

Good that you live in Allentown, because you sure aren't seeing the real West Chester. We're from CA, and we couldn't afford to buy a home there. WC has grown into a  More

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