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Jonesboro, GA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 18.1% more per student than Jonesboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.2% lower in Sarasota than in Jonesboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 30.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jonesboro
 Jonesboro, GASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,253  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor427  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.20.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.4.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Jonesboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I moved to Jonesboro from Plantation, Florida. Jonesboro is like any other town within a big city. The area that I came from in Florida is ft. lauderdale. There were  More

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Jonesboro has changed a lot in the past 8 years. It's the type of place you might raise kids if you just left a city like Oakland or Detroit. The food scene is  More

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The crime rate has increased here, but it has everywhere in the Atlanta metro area. Marvin has put his comments in every section. He has  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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