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Graham, NC vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 35.4% more per student than Graham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% higher in Sarasota than in Graham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 5.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Graham
 Graham, NCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,202  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor368  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Graham    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am black and a Marine Veteran and why anyone would want to live in Graham is beyond me you could cut the racial tension in the air with a butter knife. In retrospect  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am originally from Overland Park, KS...a suburb of the greater downtown Kansas City Metro area. I am now 32, and up until a year and a half ago, I lived in the Kansas  More

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Over 19 years ago

I was told when I was considering moving to Graham to think of Mayberry 40 years later. This a pretty good description of Graham. It is a very conservative town, where  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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