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Somerset, KY vs Lexington, KY

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Highlights
- Lexington spends 32.8% more per student than Somerset.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% lower in Lexington than in Somerset. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lexington had 17.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Somerset

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 Somerset, KYLexington, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,277$14,980$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,255$13,138$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,241$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.6413.4716.23
 Students per Librarian5076474573
 Students per Counselor424450530
 Grade School Educ.10.6%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.0%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.78.4%92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%20.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.2%45.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.6%12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%3.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 16 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 3 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  More

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ZIPS IN SOMERSET, KENTUCKY
42503 42501
ZIPS IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
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