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Harrisonburg, VA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 6.4% less per student than Harrisonburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% higher in Sarasota than in Harrisonburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisonburg

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 Harrisonburg, VASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,377$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,237$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,434$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5715.3816.23
 Students per Librarian6418684573
 Students per Counselor326406530
 Grade School Educ.8.6%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.4%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.2%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 15 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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ZIPS IN HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
22801 22802 22807
ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236

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