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Vero Beach, FL vs West Palm Beach, FL

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- West Palm Beach spends 18.1% more per student than Vero Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in West Palm Beach than in Vero Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Palm Beach had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Vero Beach
 Vero Beach, FLWest Palm Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,951  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,960$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7454573
 Students per Counselor370  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Vero Beach    22 Reviews

I grew up in Miami, BEFORE you had to wear a bullet proof vest to live there! I have lived in 9 other states and moved back to Fla over 2 years ago. First to Naples  More

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Over 13 years ago

Thanks for sharing fun facts about Vero Beach but more over: Let it be boring....no fun...no bars... After all...where ever the so called "fun" is... rest  More

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Over 13 years ago

relocating to vero beach, understand quite laid back, what to do, we enjoy endlessly, cards, majong, board games, semi formal dinner dances, are we in the right place,  More

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Reviews for West Palm Beach    51 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Palm Beach county is getting over crowded at least from point of view. High property taxes and home owners insurance (due to hurricanes) traffic is getting worse.   More

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Over 9 years ago

I couldn't think of a better place to live. There are so many things to do around town. Traffic in not bad, for the most part. There's a good mix of cultural diversity.  More

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Over 9 years ago

Why is Cultural diversity considered a pro for West Palm  More

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