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Melbourne Beach, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 25.6% more per student than Melbourne Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Sarasota than in Melbourne Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Melbourne Beach

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 Melbourne Beach, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,715$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,574$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3515.3816.23
 Students per Librarian8388684573
 Students per Counselor397406530
 Grade School Educ.1.8%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.6%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.2%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.0%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Melbourne Beach    1 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Lifestyle in Melbourne, Florida is relaxed and friendly. If you are looking for beautiful beaches, golfing and a slower pace Melbourne may be right for you.  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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ZIPS IN MELBOURNE BEACH, FLORIDA
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34234 34237 34239 34236

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