2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dallas, GA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 23.7% more per student than Dallas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.9% lower in Sarasota than in Dallas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dallas
 Dallas, GASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,427  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor483  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Dallas    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

ive lived in Dallas now for 4 years now and I have seen the tremendous growth. Yes it's still Lacks great restaurants but Hiram Georgia is right up the street barium  More

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Over 8 years ago

I can't believe the amount of crime in Dallas/Paulding county these days! There is literally something happening all the time. Murders, shootings, break ins,  More

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Dallas,Georgia is where my husband and I grew up. It used to be a small town where everyone knew everyone, but it has been diluted by outsiders. It grew too fast also. I  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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