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Sarasota, FL vs Port Arthur, TX

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- Port Arthur spends 5.6% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% lower in Port Arthur than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Port Arthur had 14.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLPort Arthur, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,700$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,857$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8794573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 11 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 12 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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