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Sarasota, FL vs West Palm Beach, FL

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Highlights
- West Palm Beach spends 3.2% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% higher in West Palm Beach than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Palm Beach had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota

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 Sarasota, FLWest Palm Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,454$13,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778$10,942$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,593$6,960$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3816.3816.23
 Students per Librarian8687454573
 Students per Counselor406433530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%6.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.5%86.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%18.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%36.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.3%9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%3.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.4%1.5%

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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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Reviews for West Palm Beach    51 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Palm Beach county is getting over crowded at least from point of view. High property taxes and home owners insurance (due to hurricanes) traffic is getting worse.   More

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Over 8 years ago

I couldn't think of a better place to live. There are so many things to do around town. Traffic in not bad, for the most part. There's a good mix of cultural diversity.  More

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Over 8 years ago

Why is Cultural diversity considered a pro for West Palm  More

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