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Fayetteville, NC vs Lakeland, FL

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Highlights
- Lakeland spends 8.6% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.9% higher in Lakeland than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lakeland had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCLakeland, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,546$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8234573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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Reviews for Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I used to live in Lakeland, It is hot, humid, crowded and getting more crowded, Most of the people are rude and unfriendly. I was born in the area and visit sometimes to  More

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Over 5 years ago

been there a few times i love it and i a m planning to ove this  More

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Over 8 years ago

Perhas if one is from this area, it is different I don't know. It is so dull and seems comfortable being so. There isn't much of a variety of people here, which I   More

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