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Sarasota, FL vs Simi Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Simi Valley spends 5.9% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.2% higher in Simi Valley than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Simi Valley had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLSimi Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Simi Valley    22 Reviews

I've live in two different neighborhoods since fall of 1996 and depending on the neighborhood you're quality of life experience will vary. The price of housing is such  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Simi Valley for 23 Years. I love it here but due to the cost of living am looking to relocate to another state/City where my money will go further. Simi  More

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Over 16 years ago

simi valley is a very nice place to live within the shadow of the LA metro area. it has low crime and reasonable housing costs with ready access to indoor and outdoor  More

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