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Carlsbad, NM vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 2.5% more per student than Carlsbad.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Sarasota than in Carlsbad. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 8.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carlsbad
 Carlsbad, NMSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,790  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor1089  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  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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