2025 Compare Cities Education:
Monticello, FL vs Lake City, FL

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Highlights
- Lake City spends 6.6% less per student than Monticello.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% lower in Lake City than in Monticello. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake City had 12.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Monticello
 Monticello, FLLake City, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,219  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,373$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7634573
 Students per Counselor696  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Monticello    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

The township of Monticelle is going nowhere, the city is broke no funds, they have laid off the lunch lady for the middle school because they cannot afford to pay her,  More

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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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