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Palmyra, PA vs St. Marys, PA

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Highlights
- St. Marys spends 3.9% less per student than Palmyra.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.1% lower in St. Marys than in Palmyra. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Marys had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palmyra

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 Palmyra, PASt. Marys, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,653$16,005$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,130$15,025$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,136$9,186$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1110.8616.23
 Students per Librarian6617714573
 Students per Counselor395320530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%9.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.6%11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.7%19.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.4%4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%0.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Palmyra    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Palmyra is very family friendly and just friendly in general. A great place to raise a family. I don't know what statistics say but we are very pleased with the school  More

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Reviews for St. Marys    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

The population continues to decline in St. Marys. The Census Bureau came out with their latest numbers and the population continues to decline. In 2011 it was at  More

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Over 11 years ago

This place is full of nothing but old people and rednecks. They have no idea what the rest of the world is like because they are very isolated geographically and  More

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St. Marys, and the whole Elk County area are a textbook example of the term "Brain Drain." Ever since the mid to late 90's, most of the youth that went away to college  More

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