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Waycross, GA vs Vero Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Vero Beach spends 14.7% less per student than Waycross.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.5% higher in Vero Beach than in Waycross. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vero Beach had 11.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waycross
 Waycross, GAVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,022$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,901  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,034$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Waycross    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have a different perspective of living here. I moved her from a large city and I appreciate the fact that I have no commute, the cost of living is very low and the  More

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One time in Waycross and will never visit this God forsaken town again. Cops are high school (22-24yr old) bullies that make up lies and harass rather than serve and  More

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Over 11 years ago

I was born and raised here in the heart of the good ole south in Waycross, Ga. Not much has changed except for the number of meth labs, drugs in general, thugs and  More

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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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