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Sarasota, FL vs Lady Lake, FL

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Highlights
- Lady Lake spends 26.7% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Lady Lake than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lady Lake had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLLady Lake, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,858$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14334573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Lady Lake    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

A nothing town, only famous because of The Villages, which is a huge complex spread out into 3 counties. You can live in the town of Lady Lake and still visit and enjoy  More

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Lady Lake is a bedroom community to The Villages, one of the best over 55 years of age retirement communities in the country. The villages is currently approximately  More

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I'm pretty sure my opinion will be in the minority here since my interests are more cultural and intellectual than sports or "entertainment" oriented. I moved here in  More

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