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Riverdale, GA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 18.1% more per student than Riverdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.2% lower in Sarasota than in Riverdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Riverdale

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 Riverdale, GASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,396$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,253$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,915$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.9415.3816.23
 Students per Librarian8898684573
 Students per Counselor427406530
 Grade School Educ.7.6%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.3%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.7%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Riverdale    2 Reviews

Small city right outside of Atlanta GA.   More

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Over 18 years ago

The Riverdale area is an up and coming area. This area is already on the bus line, close to highways, and less than 10 miles to the  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 RIVERDALE, GEORGIA
30274 30296
ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236

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