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Sarasota, FL vs Port St. Lucie, FL

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Highlights
- Port St. Lucie spends 16.9% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.3% higher in Port St. Lucie than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Port St. Lucie had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLPort St. Lucie, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 St. Lucie    53 Reviews

Been here since 2017 and have enjoyed it very much. This is not a 'Big City', so if you're looking for all the big city trappings move on. It's quiet. I have  More

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Raymond · 
Over 5 years ago

We have visited four times and love it so much that we purchased a home here, and move in two weeks! Lets see first the good things. Beautiful weather year around.  More

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Over 6 years ago

Where do I begin. Been here for a few years now and just waiting to retire so I can concentrate on other places. Didn't take more than a year to figure this place out  More

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