2024 Compare Cities Education:
Wellington, FL vs Bethesda, MD

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Highlights
- Bethesda spends 51.6% more per student than Wellington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.8% lower in Bethesda than in Wellington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bethesda had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wellington
 Wellington, FLBethesda, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,018$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942$16,697$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,960$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3813.6316.23
 Students per Librarian7454904573
 Students per Counselor433292530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%0.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%5.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.6%1.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.1%87.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.4%28.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%17.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%13.1%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 13 years ago

The weather is  More

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Over 13 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 Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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