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Salina, KS vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 23.2% less per student than Salina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.6% higher in Sarasota than in Salina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salina
 Salina, KSSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,165  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor352  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Salina    6 Reviews

I moved here 3 years ago, because I wanted to raise my children in a small town. We lived in a big city with a lot of crime and the some kids were always in trouble. I  More

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Salina in some parts is so wild that there are animals, tutles and skunks I saw at night while dring a beer outside the market near Tony's Pizza factory ownd by the  More

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Over 10 years ago

I was there for almost a whole year. I stayed at the Salina Rescue Mission for free however nothing is really "free". Housing- Salina downtown purports to have cheap  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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