2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Dickinson, ND

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Highlights
- Dickinson spends 10.7% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% lower in Dickinson than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dickinson had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLDickinson, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,888$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,863$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3504573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
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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Reviews for Dickinson    5 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I lived in ND all of my life until my son got married to a gal from MN. I moved to the city in which she lived. Sometimes I regret leaving my family behind to go to  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Dickinson for over 10 years. It is a very conservative town, but the university helps bring in some diversity. I enjoy the open country and the  More

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This is an EXTREMELY religious town (catholic mainly). If you are not interested in religion you will not be welcome in this  More

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