2024 Compare Cities Education:
Glen Allen, VA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 4.5% more per student than Glen Allen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% lower in Sarasota than in Glen Allen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Glen Allen
 Glen Allen, VASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,871$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,642$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,489$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2815.3816.23
 Students per Librarian6678684573
 Students per Counselor360406530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.0%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.7%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Glen Allen    6 Reviews

Regardless of what review you read, no matter how much money you will save, it really does not count when you know that Virginia (a Commonwealth) believes they can stomp  More

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Over 14 years ago

Glen Allen is a wonderful city to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

we have lived here for almost 24 years and found the area to be a great place to live in general and to raiser the family. there are many things to do withon 20 miles  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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