2024 Compare Cities Education:
Hilton Head Island, SC vs Sarasota, FL

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- Sarasota spends 10.7% less per student than Hilton Head Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.4% higher in Sarasota than in Hilton Head Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hilton Head Island
 Hilton Head Island, SCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,072$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,547$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,547$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.1715.3816.23
 Students per Librarian3438684573
 Students per Counselor289406530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.7%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.2%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Hilton Head Island    21 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Unfortunately Beaufort county is full of transplanted northerners who do nothing but whine and cry about everything. They leave the north to come to the south and then  More

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We got a second home on Hilton Head Island 10 years ago to get away from the Canadian winter weather. It took about 3 days to realize this is where we want to be  More

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I have watched HHI change remarkably in the 40 years I have lived there. Development really started in 1979 and the early residents were explorers and drop outs who  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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