2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lancaster, CA vs Aurora, CO

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Highlights
- Aurora spends 12.6% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.1% lower in Aurora than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Aurora had 6.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CAAurora, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,228$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,402$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17764573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
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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Reviews for Aurora    40 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Used to be affordable. I lived in aurora for 5 years and it was a great because I could drive to all the cool places in Denver and elsewhere. I was priced out  More

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It is ok. Not great. It used to be worth the cost (4/5 stars). The schools are mediocre, the people are hit or miss. People born here are friendly but  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 10 years, and I gotta say, it's easily one of the most overpriced cities I've ever lived in. The cost of living makes it not worth it to live here,  More

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