2026 Compare Cities Education:
Palm Harbor, FL vs Lake City, FL

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Highlights
- Lake City spends 17.3% less per student than Palm Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.0% higher in Lake City than in Palm Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake City had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palm Harbor
 Palm Harbor, FLLake City, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,164  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,373$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7634573
 Students per Counselor404  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Palm Harbor    9 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here since I was 1, amazing place, amazing community and  More

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Over 10 years ago

palmharborpress.com has lots of great information about this  More

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Over 14 years ago

lost job 6 months a go - i grew up in yonkers ny and moved upstate 23 years ago just sold house and nervous about where to move - went to north carolina wife and i to  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 17 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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