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Sarasota, FL vs Gig Harbor, WA

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Highlights
- Gig Harbor spends 36.5% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.5% higher in Gig Harbor than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gig Harbor had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLGig Harbor, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11394573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.7%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 Gig Harbor    18 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Moved from Chicago and never regretted it for a moment. Live out in the country, Key Peninsula, and love the country lifestyle. Surrounded by beauty and never have grown  More

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Over 6 years ago

Beautiful city to  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here for five months. I’m 66 years old and this has been the nicest summer of my entire life. It’s been beautiful every single day. I live out on key  More

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