2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kansas City, MO vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 22.3% more per student than Kansas City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 54.1% higher in Lancaster than in Kansas City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 10.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kansas City
 Kansas City, MOLancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,022  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor424  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Kansas City    83 Reviews

I was born and raised in the Kansas City area and have moved and come back twice. Kansas City has a lot to do, prices are very reasonable, and how can you beat having a  More

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KC has seriously grown over the last 20 years, specifically the downtown area. The city as a whole has become a more inviting place for younger generations as well with  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Kansas City my entire life. I've also lived in other states. Yes, there are bad guys/gals that live here. Can you name a big city that is  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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