2024 Compare Cities Education:
Wilson, NC vs Punta Gorda, FL

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Highlights
- Punta Gorda spends 20.8% more per student than Wilson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% higher in Punta Gorda than in Wilson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Punta Gorda had 16.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilson
 Wilson, NCPunta Gorda, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,828$11,876$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,164$10,619$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,515$6,082$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.4317.8616.23
 Students per Librarian5416834573
 Students per Counselor341443530
 Grade School Educ.6.1%0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%3.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.3%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%38.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.3%11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Wilson    7 Reviews

I grew up close to Wilson, attended college at Atlantic Christian College, now Barton College. Back in my college days, Wilson had a lot of great places to go eat,  More

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Wilson (Wilson County) is a fine place to live especially if you are from Wilson. Outsiders are not exactly welcome. Also the town is from 'old money' so the city  More

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Food: There are very few nice places to eat, but everything is so cheap that you can get a good dinner at a clean, well decorated, sit-down establishment for $10. A few  More

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Reviews for Punta Gorda    15 Reviews

When we were visiting different cities in Florida, we quickly realised that Punta Gorda is the friendliest gulf coast town in south Florida BY FAR! My wife and I bought  More

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I haven't lived in Punta Gorda, so I'm not sure about every nook and cranny of the place, however I did visit for about a month during the winter and about another 2  More

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Over 7 years ago

We have lived here for six years and enjoy it very much. One gets used to the summers but they are uncomfortable. The fishing is pretty good - used to be much better.  More

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