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Windermere, FL vs The Villages, FL

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Highlights
- The Villages spends 15.3% less per student than Windermere.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% lower in The Villages than in Windermere. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- The Villages had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Windermere
 Windermere, FLThe Villages, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,754$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,437  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,059$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6864573
 Students per Counselor508  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Windermere    3 Reviews

I moved to Windermere from Chicago and I am having a difficult time adjusting here. Sure, the weather is great, but everything else is not. I have to drive for long  More

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Windermere, Florida is home to many top athletes and famous people including Tiger Woods & Shaq O'Neil. This is a quaint little town that guards itself against too much  More

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Over 17 years ago

I've spent the last 5 years in Windermere Fl. and 31 years in the state of Florida. Windermere is a small town set amongst the Butler Chain of Lakes. It has it's older  More

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Reviews for The Villages    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

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Over 5 years ago

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

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Over 6 years ago

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More

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