2024 Compare Cities Education:
Port Townsend, WA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 23.0% less per student than Port Townsend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Sarasota than in Port Townsend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Townsend
 Port Townsend, WASarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,479$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,176$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,489$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.8415.3816.23
 Students per Librarian8758684573
 Students per Counselor360406530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.2%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.1%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.2%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Port Townsend    8 Reviews

We live a little over an hour away and absolutely love Port Townsend and the surrounding areas. There are a lot of surprises. There are great places to eat, live music,  More

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I loved living in Port Townsend for about 20 years. It’s a quiet and safe town with several festivals, art, music, and more. The main economy is centered around tourism  More

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Transplant Californians are selling their shacks for a million, and purchasing homes here for twice what they should cost due to supply and demand. Port Townsend is a  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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