2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Newport, RI

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Highlights
- Newport spends 62.2% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.5% lower in Newport than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLNewport, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,824$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,957$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6274573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Newport    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

newport rocks if you wanna drink and eat and spend a lot of  More

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Over 18 years ago

The Newport area is very beautiful place to live in and the population is just the right size to raise a family. Lots to do. Unfortunately the cost of housing is  More

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Newport RI is a famous and historic seaport town, but like many New England cities, the past blends with the present in very appealing ways. It is a walking town that  More

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