2025 Compare Cities Education:
Irmo, SC vs Lake City, FL

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Highlights
- Lake City spends 43.9% less per student than Irmo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.8% higher in Lake City than in Irmo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake City had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Irmo
 Irmo, SCLake City, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,952  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,373$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7634573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Irmo    9 Reviews

I grew up in near Annapolis MD but lived in both Savannah and Atlanta GA for twenty years. Moved to Columbia in 2009 working in IT for SC Dept of Education. Had an  More

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Over 15 years ago

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Reviews for Lake City    6 Reviews

I have been here 7 years and until Covid hit, I thought is was okay despite a large number of Confederate flags. Covid brought the worst in people. I have been  More

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Over 16 years ago

You can always build a place of worship or build Jewish community. The Muslims just build their place of worship here and many Christians have their churches. Why  More

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I have lived all over the country from Missouri, Pennsylvania, and have finally found my niche here in Lake City, Florida. I love it here, and with the church I  More

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