2025 Compare Cities Education:
Austin, TX vs Lakeland, TN

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Highlights
- Lakeland spends 38.2% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% higher in Lakeland than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lakeland had 6.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin
 Austin, TXLakeland, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,225$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,030$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9584573
 Students per Counselor391  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Lakeland    4 Reviews

We moved to the Memphis area short of 4 years ago. I can't imagine living anywhere else in the world! We live in a gorgeous and friendly lake community that is a  More

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Been living here for 11 years and looking to relocate. Memphis/Cordova has been good to us for the past years, but it's time to move  More

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Over 15 years ago

Lakeland is a great place to live....10 minutes from anything you would want to do. Reasonably priced homes and excellent tax  More

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