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Sarasota, FL vs Lompoc, CA

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Highlights
- Lompoc spends 24.2% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.6% higher in Lompoc than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 18.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLLompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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