2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wilmington, NC vs Fort Pierce, FL

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Highlights
- Fort Pierce spends 9.2% less per student than Wilmington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.8% higher in Fort Pierce than in Wilmington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Pierce had 15.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilmington
 Wilmington, NCFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,597  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor282  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Wilmington    71 Reviews

I was born here and I will update more at a later time. First and most important, teh average cost of a 1br apt in Wilmington is approximately $1,800. Rentals have  More

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I think that a lot has changed since covid for this city and will continue to keep changing with our insane economy. But I was born and raised in Wilmington and have  More

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Scotty · 

Wilmington NC was once a wonderful city filled with Southern charm, history, safety and natural beauty. Recently that has been replaced by erasing everything Southern or  More

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Reviews for Fort Pierce    4 Reviews

Fort Pierce has both beautiful pristine Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Indian River Lagoon state of the art marinas. The two are linked by the best ocean inlet in the state  More

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Over 18 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 18 years ago

I moved here from Ohio nearly three years ago. It was fun at first...fishing,the beach and the winter weather was nice. But, after the honeymoon was over, I began to see  More

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