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Lakeland, FL vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 10.4% more per student than Lakeland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.3% lower in Asheville than in Lakeland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lakeland
 Lakeland, FLAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,977  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor436  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 4 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 4 years ago

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

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Over 7 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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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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