2024 Compare Cities Education:
Buzzards Bay, MA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 44.6% less per student than Buzzards Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.1% higher in Sarasota than in Buzzards Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Buzzards Bay
 Buzzards Bay, MASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$24,285$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,730$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,927$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.615.3816.23
 Students per Librarian3238684573
 Students per Counselor329406530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.8%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.3%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.3%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.2%2.4%1.5%
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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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