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Pittsburgh, PA vs Lakewood, CO

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Highlights
- Lakewood spends 42.9% less per student than Pittsburgh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.7% higher in Lakewood than in Pittsburgh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lakewood had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsburgh

Education
 Pittsburgh, PALakewood, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$23,300$13,308$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,801$11,223$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,006$5,923$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1616.2816.23
 Students per Librarian5426574573
 Students per Counselor327233530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.5%92.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%19.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.2%7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%43.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Pittsburgh    189 Reviews

I left Pittsburgh for Cleveland and boy do I appreciate Pittsburgh now. Parts of Pittsburgh are blue collar but sections like East Liberty, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill and  More

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Over 1 years ago

I will give Pittsburgh 5 Stars for the ability to raise a family but it certainly has deficits that I'll cover at the end. I grew up in a small river town 45 minutes  More

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As a custom home builder in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I have had the opportunity to work in a number of different cities and towns across the state. In my experience,  More

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Reviews for Lakewood    17 Reviews

As with most internet reviews, evaluate with a grain of sense. While the last reviewer (Ann S.) has some points about Lakewood, she is quite on the cynical and angry  More

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If you ask anyone who has lived in the Denver metro area the last decade they will tell you the entire area is going downhill as it transforms before their eyes.   More

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Over 7 years ago

I am denver south student, I just want see average of Lakewood health, but I didn'the get see in this review. By the way Lakewood is a good town I want to see all  More

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ZIPS IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
15206, 15213, 15217, 15212, 15210, 15216, 15205, 15220, 15219, 15214, 23 total
ZIPS IN LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
80227 80228 80226 80214 80232 80215

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