2025 Compare Cities Education:
North Charleston, SC vs Lake City, FL

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Highlights
- Lake City spends 49.2% less per student than North Charleston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.8% higher in Lake City than in North Charleston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake City had 7.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to North Charleston
 North Charleston, SCLake City, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,188  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,373$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7634573
 Students per Counselor284  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for North Charleston    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Truth in lending - I lived in North Charleston for 20+ years, but here's my fair assessment of an area I still consider my home. North Charleston has a great variety of  More

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I move to Charleston from Watertown NY, only move here because my husband wanted to be close to his parents, The heat is horrible, the majority of people are so rude and  More

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I recently relocated here from upstate New York. The crime is out of control at least in my personal opinion. There is a shooting/robbery/car-jacking on the news just  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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