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Sarasota, FL vs Fort Myers Shores, FL

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- Fort Myers Shores spends 14.2% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.3% higher in Fort Myers Shores than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Myers Shores had 5.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLFort Myers Shores, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,545$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,654$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock28704573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Fort Myers Shores    1 Reviews

I've been hearing some unpleasant stories about investing in Lehigh acres, once and for all I'd like to hear straight from the horse's mouth. Will it be good for me to  More

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