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Hickory, NC vs Hazleton, PA

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Highlights
- Hazleton spends 72.0% more per student than Hickory.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Hazleton than in Hickory. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hazleton had 16.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hickory
 Hickory, NCHazleton, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,203$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,282  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,977$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13644573
 Students per Counselor287  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 3 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Hazleton    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I saw that arts and culture is a listed con for this city. This is simply untrue. This city has a great up and coming Arts  More

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As a longtime resident of the Hazleton Area, I can tell you it is one of the worst places to live in this country and I am sorry that I didn't run the second I graduated  More

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here you can go shopping or you can go to the lakes, not a lot other things to do. locals like to go hunting dear, ride motorcycles. a good thing is that you can drive  More

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