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Sarasota, FL vs Portage, MI

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Highlights
- Portage spends 13.3% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% higher in Portage than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portage had 6.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLPortage, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 Portage    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 21 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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