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Sarasota, FL vs Sunrise, FL

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Highlights
- Sunrise spends 12.9% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.8% higher in Sunrise than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunrise had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLSunrise, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%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 Sunrise    6 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I absolutely love living in Sunrise. I wish that I could stay but the am about to retire and cannot afford to live here on my retirement. It is a great city and very  More

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We will be moving to south Florida sometime shortly after first of 2012. We just can't decide exactly where. We are a couple in our middle 50"s, like to shop, eat &  More

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Over 17 years ago

The climate in Sunrise, Fl is wonderful. We can go swimming before May, usually during Spring Break as long as we don't (yes, as we Florida's call it) get a cold front.  More

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