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Chevy Chase, MD vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota spends 31.8% less per student than Chevy Chase.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% higher in Sarasota than in Chevy Chase. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chevy Chase
 Chevy Chase, MDSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.1.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.93.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree32.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Chevy Chase    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Overall an nice place to live if you don't mind bad traffic. Though Chevy Chase is a close-in suburb, traffic can make traveling short distances by car very taxing.   More

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Over 17 years ago

Chevy Chase is great because it offers neighborhoods and parks and is only about 5 miles from the center of DC. While it looks like a quiet place, the pace of life is  More

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Over 18 years ago

CC MD -- great schools, neighborhoods, highly community active -- the state and county does a great job on services. But the identity is to Wash, DC. This is a place  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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