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Sarasota, FL vs Vail, CO

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Highlights
- Vail spends 17.1% more per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.8% lower in Vail than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vail had 9.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLVail, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,754$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,336$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17374573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Vail    5 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Vail..pros/ cons Pros 1. beautiful town 2. very low crime Cons 1. Ungodly expensive and that's an understatement 2. unless you are rich and beautiful, this isn't  More

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Over 19 years ago

Vail is beautiful year round. Fabulous skiing, hiking, fishing, shopping, restaurants, etc. However, the price you pay to live in a resort town is extremely high cost  More

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Over 20 years ago

Vail is very different that other areas of the U.S. I have lived in Seattle, Los Angeles, Orange County, Austin TX, Monterey CA... and it is another world here. World  More

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