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Virginia Beach, VA vs Palm Bay, FL

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Highlights
- Palm Bay spends 21.0% less per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% higher in Palm Bay than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palm Bay had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach

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 Virginia Beach, VAPalm Bay, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,565$10,715$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028$9,148$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,014$5,574$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4416.3516.23
 Students per Librarian6128384573
 Students per Counselor322397530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%7.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%21.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%0.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,  More

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Reviews for Palm Bay    27 Reviews

I moved to Palm Bay in 2020 and the cost of living has skyrocketed! A two bedroom apartment was around $900/month in 2020. Now it's $1600 and up. Mostly up. A three  More

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My family of 4 have lived here in NW Palm Bay for over 10 years. My wife and my son from another marriage lived here for over 7 before that. I myself have lived here for  More

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I lived in Palm Bay for 12 years. It's a very unfriendly and crowded place to live. It's well into the 90's from late April till right around the 10th of November. The  More

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ZIPS IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total
ZIPS IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA
32907 32909 32905 32908

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