2026 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Fair Lawn, NJ

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Highlights
- Fair Lawn spends 85.0% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.1% lower in Fair Lawn than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fair Lawn had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLFair Lawn, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,891$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,557$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9314573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%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 Fair Lawn    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Good and silent place to  More

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Over 15 years ago

I love the convenience of Fair Lawn and it's location. It's close to anything you might want or need. The New York City is only 12 miles away, and there are stores and  More

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Over 19 years ago

Access to major highways-access to NY by rail-great schools and reasonable home  More

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