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Akron, OH vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 20.6% less per student than Akron.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% lower in Sarasota than in Akron. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Akron

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 Akron, OHSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,948$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,529$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,158$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.115.3816.23
 Students per Librarian6078684573
 Students per Counselor347406530
 Grade School Educ.3.8%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.4%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Akron    31 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I grew up and lived in Akron, OH for a majority of my life, with the exception of living in Panama City, FL for 8 years. The town is pretty decent, affordable utilities,  More

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Over 3 years ago

This area is completely run down. Ghetto with a capital  More

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My goodness, I had to create an account to counterbalance all the negative people. I grew up in Ellet, went to an Akron Public School, graduated with a bachelor's from  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 AKRON, OHIO
44312, 44310, 44313, 44305, 44306, 44320, 44314, 44301, 44311, 44303, 14 total
ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236

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