2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sarasota, FL vs Zolfo Springs, FL

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Highlights
- Zolfo Springs spends 26.0% less per student than Sarasota.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% higher in Zolfo Springs than in Sarasota. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Zolfo Springs had 37.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sarasota
 Sarasota, FLZolfo Springs, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,957$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,778  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,224$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6184573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock21.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock57.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Zolfo Springs    1 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

This is not a school that is necessarily a "good" school. However, Zolfo Springs being located in such a small county, it is the only option.   More

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