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Prospect, KY vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 13.9% less per student than Prospect.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Sarasota than in Prospect. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 9.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Prospect
 Prospect, KYSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,255  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor227  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.71.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  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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