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Columbia, MD vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 2.7% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 62.4% higher in Lancaster than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 14.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDLancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  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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