2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lancaster, CA vs Fargo, ND

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Highlights
- Fargo spends 2.0% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.1% lower in Fargo than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fargo had 16.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CAFargo, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,075$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,111$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2864573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Fargo    32 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Grew up in Fargo/Northern MN area and was there 29 years. It’s cheap to live, tons of things to do in the summer. But 3-6 months of the year you more than likely will  More

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Tyrel · 

Grew up in south Minneapolis and headed 3 hours west to Fargo. Why did I want to leave the Twin Cities area? Found a great job. Nicer apartment for less money. Nice  More

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Not your typical North Dakota town. Fargo is on the Minnesota border and Cass County makes up 1/4 of the entire states population. It is the urban center and much more  More

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