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Sarasota, FL vs Melbourne, FL

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Highlights
- Melbourne spends 20.4% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% higher in Melbourne than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Melbourne had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota

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 Sarasota, FLMelbourne, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,454$10,715$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778$9,148$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,593$5,574$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3816.3516.23
 Students per Librarian8688384573
 Students per Counselor406397530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%5.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.5%92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%31.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.3%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.0%1.5%

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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 Melbourne    29 Reviews

Was looking for change from Orlando area- crime and hecticness- and went to an opposite extreme Let me start by saying that I am moving soon. I am moving back to the  More

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Over 3 years ago

Moved here from Ohio 3 months ago, trying not to be disappointed, there isn't much to do, its really small and shopping is bad. I wanted out of Cleveland but didn't  More

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I have lived in many areas of this town. It is growing and has a nice selection of older and very new areas. The access to beaches and parks is quick and well kept.   More

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