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Athens-Clarke County, GA vs Lancaster, CA

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- Lancaster spends 15.7% more per student than Athens-Clarke County.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% lower in Lancaster than in Athens-Clarke County. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens-Clarke County
 Athens-Clarke County, GALancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,771  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor283  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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