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Centreville, VA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 23.4% less per student than Centreville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.8% higher in Sarasota than in Centreville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Centreville
 Centreville, VASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor273  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Centreville    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Taxes are complete outrageous. Services are criminals with items such as electricity that resemble a Centreville, Virginia gets a BestPlaces Cost of Living score of  More

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Over 13 years ago

Good  More

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Over 14 years ago

It's a great place to live way better then  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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