2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Macon, GA

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Highlights
- Macon spends 18.2% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.5% higher in Macon than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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 Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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