2026 Compare Cities Education:
St. Cloud, FL vs Lake City, FL

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Highlights
- Lake City spends 7.7% less per student than St. Cloud.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% lower in Lake City than in St. Cloud. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake City had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Cloud
 St. Cloud, FLLake City, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,872  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,373$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7634573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for St. Cloud    11 Reviews

Small town with big city crowds. This area is is choked with people and it’s just growing. But no infrastructure to go with it. We have long lines EVERYWHERE we go. Huge  More

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Carly McDonah comes to Godwin Realty with 10 years of experience in residential real estate, working with both buyers and sellers around the St. Cloud and Kissimmee  More

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I agree wholeheartedly with the opinion of the topic posted above mine. I used to live here over twenty years ago. I lived here for a few years and then left and did not  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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