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Bar Harbor, ME vs Mechanicsburg, PA

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Highlights
- Mechanicsburg spends 7.6% less per student than Bar Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 46.8% higher in Mechanicsburg than in Bar Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mechanicsburg had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bar Harbor
 Bar Harbor, MEMechanicsburg, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,349  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,392$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio9.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7314573
 Students per Counselor309  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
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Reviews for Mechanicsburg    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We moved here in the summer of 2016 from out of state with high hopes and for all the right reasons > job, family (my husband, a Penn State grad, was born & raised in  More

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Over 12 years ago

Greetings everyone, I grew up in Allentown PA and moved to Mechanicsburg in 2000 when attempting to reconcile with my ex-wife. My son had just started kindergarten  More

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Over 16 years ago

It is reserve and  More

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