2024 Compare Cities Education:
Tavares, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Sarasota spends 36.5% more per student than Tavares.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% lower in Sarasota than in Tavares. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sarasota had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tavares
 Tavares, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,858$13,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,190$11,778$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,621$7,593$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.1115.3816.23
 Students per Librarian14338684573
 Students per Counselor472406530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.8%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.2%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%18.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.5%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.2%38.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.5%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Tavares    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

looking for the best reasonable area to live in close to Astatula, Fl. Low crime, cost of living and jobs. Husband lost job in Georgia and now has obtained a great  More

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Over 14 years ago

A great, great town..Wonderful city employees..A revitalized down town entertainment district..Seaplane port, new restaurants,water park for kids..A beautiful lighted  More

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Over 18 years ago

Been here 22 years. Leaving asap. Too many old people due to HUGE, well marketed retirement community taking over Lake/Sumter/Marion counties. High housing costs,  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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