2024 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Largo, FL

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Highlights
- Largo spends 13.6% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% higher in Largo than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Largo had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLLargo, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,454$11,625$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778$10,164$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,593$6,090$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3815.8916.23
 Students per Librarian8688214573
 Students per Counselor406404530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%5.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.5%91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%24.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%25.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.3%6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%0.8%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 Largo    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Before moving here a few years ago we vacationed here at some of the top rated beaches in the world. In addition to NO SNOW, we now enjoy no state income taxes,  More

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Over 7 years ago

This is been my home for 29 years I love the swaying palm trees, the saltwater air seabreeze, the boats, the beaches, The FISHING is Great, Huge 300yr old oak trees  More

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Over 10 years ago

Very oppressive from May to Oct. Lovely area but hard to enjoy a large part of year.  More

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