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Jonesboro, GA vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 52.9% more per student than Jonesboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.0% higher in Lancaster than in Jonesboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 17.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jonesboro
 Jonesboro, GALancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,253  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor427  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.20.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.4.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Jonesboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I moved to Jonesboro from Plantation, Florida. Jonesboro is like any other town within a big city. The area that I came from in Florida is ft. lauderdale. There were  More

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Jonesboro has changed a lot in the past 8 years. It's the type of place you might raise kids if you just left a city like Oakland or Detroit. The food scene is  More

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The crime rate has increased here, but it has everywhere in the Atlanta metro area. Marvin has put his comments in every section. He has  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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