2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Mandeville, LA

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Highlights
- Mandeville spends 0.9% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.4% higher in Mandeville than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mandeville had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLMandeville, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,328$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,078$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7224573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%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 Mandeville    7 Reviews

I've lived in Mandeville for 11 years and truly believe it is the best place to live in Louisiana. I'm a LA native and have lived in other areas of South LA, but  More

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Over 16 years ago

A great place to live and work. Interesting culture, nice weather year round, friendly people. The true South with a little extra special  More

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It's cooler in the summer and winter as well compared to New Orleans on the southshore because of the Lake. I like it, often it is 70 degrees in Feb etc and the next  More

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