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Lakeland, FL vs Flint, MI

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Highlights
- Flint spends 11.4% more per student than Lakeland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% higher in Flint than in Lakeland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Flint had 5.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lakeland
 Lakeland, FLFlint, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,977  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10104573
 Students per Counselor436  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
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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Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  More

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