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Northampton, MA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 37.1% less per student than Northampton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.5% higher in Sarasota than in Northampton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Northampton
 Northampton, MASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,434  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor364  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  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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