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Danville, PA vs Topeka, KS

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- Topeka spends 25.6% less per student than Danville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% higher in Topeka than in Danville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Topeka had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Danville
 Danville, PATopeka, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,889  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,274$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4414573
 Students per Counselor235  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Danville    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

This area is very deceiving. It looks beautiful from a distance. If you are not from here don't move here if you have a choice. People here are nice on the surface  More

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Over 19 years ago

Danville remains a unique place in America, not only for having the first railroad cars but most recently since the early 1900's for Geisinger medical center. In a  More

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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 8 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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