2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Dover, FL

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Highlights
- Dover spends 17.5% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% higher in Dover than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 41.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLDover, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock29.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock52.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Dover    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

If you are wealthy and can live "at the beach" then perhaps one's life here is idyllic, but basically the Miami/Dade area is populated by rude and agressive road  More

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Over 19 years ago

I can't wait to get away from the Tampa Bay area! It is nearly impossible for the first time home buyer (who isn't independently wealthy!) to buy a nice home in a good  More

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