2025 Compare Cities Education:
North Platte, NE vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 1.6% more per student than North Platte.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% higher in Sarasota than in North Platte. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to North Platte
 North Platte, NESarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for North Platte    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I live in North Platte,Ne..I used to call St.Louis,Mo. my home until crime became so bad.Although the economy is effecting the nation,"there is a lot of work here.North  More

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Over 17 years ago

like most towns for doctors;their are good and bad. for example what they can't find here on an x-ray or mri can easily be found by others doctors wheir they know how to  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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