2024 Compare Cities Education:
St. George, UT vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 53.4% more per student than St. George.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.4% lower in Sarasota than in St. George. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. George
 St. George, UTSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,768$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,141$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,745$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.8115.3816.23
 Students per Librarian20378684573
 Students per Counselor456406530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.14.6%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.7%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.8%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  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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