2025 Compare Cities Education:
Greensboro, NC vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 63.6% more per student than Greensboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.1% higher in Lancaster than in Greensboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Greensboro
 Greensboro, NCLancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,101  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor310  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Greensboro    56 Reviews

I have lived in this city for 14 years. I am 50 and lived at different places. This is where I lived the longest and I am loving it. It has that sweet balance everyone  More

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I have lived in Greensboro for almost 30 years. Moved here in the 8th grade from Long Beach California. We literally fell in love with this great state and Greensboro in  More

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Over 3 years ago

Born and raised here. Yes some crime like everywhere else, but overall, I'm not afraid to be out at night. You might like some areas right outside of the city..  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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