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Lakeland, FL vs Athens-Clarke County, GA

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Highlights
- Athens-Clarke County spends 37.2% more per student than Lakeland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.3% higher in Athens-Clarke County than in Lakeland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Athens-Clarke County had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lakeland
 Lakeland, FLAthens-Clarke County, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,984$15,066$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,977$13,771$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,546$8,136$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.821.9416.23
 Students per Librarian8236984573
 Students per Counselor436283530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%6.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.8%89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%17.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.7%6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.9%47.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.4%14.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%6.1%1.5%
Reviews for Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 3 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 3 years ago

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

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Over 6 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 Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  More

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