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Sarasota, FL vs Kankakee, IL

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- Kankakee spends 34.7% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% lower in Kankakee than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kankakee had 13.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLKankakee, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,117$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,715$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock15754573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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