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Sarasota, FL vs Greensboro, NC

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Highlights
- Greensboro spends 20.8% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Greensboro than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greensboro had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLGreensboro, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,652$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,180$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6414573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%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 Greensboro    56 Reviews

I have lived in this city for 14 years. I am 50 and lived at different places. This is where I lived the longest and I am loving it. It has that sweet balance everyone  More

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I have lived in Greensboro for almost 30 years. Moved here in the 8th grade from Long Beach California. We literally fell in love with this great state and Greensboro in  More

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Over 3 years ago

Born and raised here. Yes some crime like everywhere else, but overall, I'm not afraid to be out at night. You might like some areas right outside of the city..  More

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