2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Durham, NC

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Highlights
- Durham spends 13.7% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% lower in Durham than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Durham had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLDurham, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,612$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,938$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8084573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%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 Durham    43 Reviews

I was raised in this city, left for work in the 2010s, and returned in 2018. This city has changed a lot over the years for the better. Growing up there was not a ton to  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in durham for a few years and my experience is coming from someone who has traveled all over the world and has lived in many different states. First things  More

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Over 4 years ago

I live here for my entire life and it has never gotten boring, I love the scenery, nightlife and basically everything here. There is always something new to do and  More

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