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Alameda, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 24.4% less per student than Alameda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.8% lower in Sarasota than in Alameda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alameda
 Alameda, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  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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