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Rockford, IL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 17.9% less per student than Rockford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% lower in Sarasota than in Rockford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 7.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rockford

Education
 Rockford, ILSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,393$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,358$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,283$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.915.3816.23
 Students per Librarian7958684573
 Students per Counselor524406530
 Grade School Educ.6.2%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.84.5%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.4%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.9%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  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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ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104
ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236

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