2025 Compare Cities Education:
Branford, CT vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 41.9% less per student than Branford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% higher in Sarasota than in Branford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Branford
 Branford, CTSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,223  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Branford    2 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

no review just big mistakes when comparing cities wrong town/city names and wrong populations in ct example: branford, ct it used to be type  More

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Over 18 years ago

Branford has the New England town look located right on the shoreline. Has the small community feel. Located a short drive from New Haven where Yale is located. Cost  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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