2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brandon, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 21.2% more per student than Brandon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.8% lower in Sarasota than in Brandon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brandon
 Brandon, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,438  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor476  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Brandon    11 Reviews

The Greater Brandon Area which includes the neighboring eastern Hillsborough county communities of Seffner, Riverview and Valrico is possibly the most growing area in  More

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Over 11 years ago

Brandon not my cup of tea. Been here for 7 years. Live in beautiful Riverhills in Valrico. have found most people here are not very friendly, snotty? Don't know. Brandon  More

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Over 11 years ago

Made the biggest mistake by moving from NY to  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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