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Dover, DE vs Lancaster, PA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 16.0% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% lower in Lancaster than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover

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 Dover, DELancaster, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,576$19,226$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812$15,226$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,755$9,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.3813.7716.23
 Students per Librarian12064574573
 Students per Counselor357314530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%9.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.8%82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%15.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%25.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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ZIPS IN DOVER, DELAWARE
19901 19904 19902
ZIPS IN LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
17603 17602

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