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Tucson, AZ vs Big Pine Key, FL

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- Big Pine Key spends 94.4% more per student than Tucson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% lower in Big Pine Key than in Tucson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Big Pine Key had 6.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tucson
 Tucson, AZBig Pine Key, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,897  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,686$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22134573
 Students per Counselor519  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Tucson    287 Reviews

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

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I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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Reviews for Big Pine Key    1 Reviews

I'd lived in Florida (Orlando) most of my life, and thought we had considered all the pros/cons when we chose to semi-retire in remote, rural Big Pine Key, in the  More

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