2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lafayette, CA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 11.4% less per student than Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.8% lower in Sarasota than in Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lafayette
 Lafayette, CASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Lafayette    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Living in Lafayette is wonderful, if you can afford it! The rolling hills, the great schools and the climate make this a great place to  More

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Great place to raise kids, nice restaurants and some good stores. A bit sparse on things like theaters etc. Weather in Summer is HOT HOT HOT. Bring sunblock and  More

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Over 18 years ago

Summers are too cool due to marine  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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