2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake City, FL vs Macon, GA

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Highlights
- Macon spends 65.4% more per student than Lake City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.8% lower in Macon than in Lake City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake City
 Lake City, FLUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,204  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.79  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.1%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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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Reviews for Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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