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East Orange, NJ vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 49.1% less per student than East Orange.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% higher in Sarasota than in East Orange. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to East Orange
 East Orange, NJSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor416  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for East Orange    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

East Orange was once the most beautiful city in the county of Essex. The city is being taken over by gangs and drugs. There is too many guns in our  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you think Newark, NJ is bad, visit East Orange. Newark at least has a plan for recovery. The plan will eventually fail but at least there are some bright spots   More

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Over 19 years ago

COL is very high where I live. Am looking to relocate out of  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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