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Folly Beach, SC vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 28.9% less per student than Folly Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.1% higher in Sarasota than in Folly Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folly Beach
 Folly Beach, SCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Folly Beach    3 Reviews

I resided in this very overrated village for a year. With the exception of the one local down village pizza place, the best food is from the gas station'shot dog roller  More

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If you're looking for a place that's not uppity or country club-ish, Folly Beach is THE place to be. It is home to some of the nicest most down to earth people  More

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If you're looking for a beautiful place to go without any pretense or country club attitude, Folly Beach is the place to go. The people there are the nicest most down  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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