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Southgate, MI vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 2.3% less per student than Southgate.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.3% lower in Sarasota than in Southgate. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Southgate
 Southgate, MISarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,521  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor617  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Southgate    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Every city has it's positives and negatives. Southgate's positives to name a few include relatively inexpensive housing, a decent public transportation system, no lack  More

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Over 16 years ago

Southgate is a quiet city. The roads could use a little fixing however if transportation were an issue between the buses and taxis you can pretty much get anywhere you  More

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Over 16 years ago

19 students per teacher?? In my dreams. I teach for Southgate schools, and the average class size is around 32, so you folks should either go back to math class, or  More

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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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