2024 Compare Cities Education:
Altamonte Springs, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 35.7% more per student than Altamonte Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.3% lower in Sarasota than in Altamonte Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Altamonte Springs
 Altamonte Springs, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,912$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,661$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,272$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8315.3816.23
 Students per Librarian66738684573
 Students per Counselor517406530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.6%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.14.1%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.9%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.8%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Altamonte Springs    9 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I have been living here for about 4 months, nice city, traffic is not too bad, unless u get close to Orlando, love the weather, hot but always refreshing air, lots of  More

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The overall crime rate in Altamonte Springs is 20% higher than than the national  More

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Life here, as a retiree, is wonderful -- close to SO MANY Florida attractions -- parks, lakes, shopping galore, and, of course, all of the Disney parks and  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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