2025 Compare Cities Education:
Port St. John, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 25.6% more per student than Port St. John.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Sarasota than in Port St. John. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port St. John
 Port St. John, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Port St. John    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Except it is in Brevard County. Too conservative...not enough real business here and honestly I think its because big business wants quality of life. The schools arent  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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