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Hershey, PA vs Williamsport, PA

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Highlights
- Williamsport spends 2.9% less per student than Hershey.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.9% lower in Williamsport than in Hershey. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Williamsport had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hershey

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 Hershey, PAWilliamsport, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,739$17,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,386$14,297$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,762$8,985$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8413.7916.23
 Students per Librarian10044324573
 Students per Counselor390353530
 Grade School Educ.8.8%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.3%88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%15.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.8%11.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.8%26.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.3%5.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.3%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Hershey    3 Reviews

Lived her most of my life, with a few years in locations close by. If moving to Central PA, Hershey is by far the best. It is a cute town where you will feel extremely  More

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Over 16 years ago

We moved to Hershey, PA 2 years ago and fell in love with it. It is a quaint town that hosts various community activities throughout the year. The schools are among  More

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Over 18 years ago

We live right next door to Hersheypark and there are many recreational programs within the city for  More

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Reviews for Williamsport    10 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Mayor Jessie Bloom let the philly crackheads come here for rehabilitation and they did not leave. They brought their criminal ways to the port. This was once a nice town  More

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Over 8 years ago

I have lived in Williamsport my whole life, I am 32 years old, and have been married for 12 years,my wife and I just bought a house in a "bad" neighborhood, and the  More

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Over 11 years ago

the cost of living here in pa has sky rocket here in the last 4 years rents used a 3 bedroom house use to cost 500.00 a month with nothing furnish now it cost 1200  More

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