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Lakeland, FL vs Scarborough, ME

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Highlights
- Scarborough spends 61.9% more per student than Lakeland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.7% lower in Scarborough than in Lakeland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scarborough had 9.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lakeland
 Lakeland, FLScarborough, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,977  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor436  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%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 Scarborough    1 Reviews

We moved here from CA. We were tired of the crime and grime of the state of CA. We absolutely love Maine and Scarborough is a suburb of Portland ME and the dang cutest  More

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