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Pompano Beach, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 14.8% more per student than Pompano Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.9% lower in Sarasota than in Pompano Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 6.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pompano Beach
 Pompano Beach, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Pompano Beach    9 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

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Over 15 years ago

Everything in South East Florida is expensive so it's no wonder the cost of living is much higher here. You would think with the rising unemployment rate and the  More

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Over 15 years ago

Great climate. not great for families. schools  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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