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Wellington, FL vs Cedar Key, FL

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Highlights
- Cedar Key spends 21.8% less per student than Wellington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.6% higher in Cedar Key than in Wellington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cedar Key had 3.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wellington
 Wellington, FLCedar Key, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,182$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,203$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Wellington    12 Reviews

Unfortunately, our recently elected Mayor Anne Gerwig along with the city council unexpectedly and rather quickly voted unanimously to reinstate the highly contentious  More

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Over 15 years ago

The weather is  More

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Over 15 years ago

We were NY transplants that moved to Wellington, FL after having lived in Southern Palm Beach County (Boca Raton and Delray Beach) for several years. Having 3 young  More

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Reviews for Cedar Key    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

We live in a small, friendly little fishing town. The friendliness of the people is it's best quality. The best place to meet everyone is at the post office about 11AM  More

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