2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lancaster, CA vs Jersey City, NJ

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Highlights
- Jersey City spends 38.6% more per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.3% lower in Jersey City than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jersey City had 9.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CAJersey City, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,150$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,233$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock26224573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Jersey City    20 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

no  More

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Over 16 years ago

Jersey City has improved over the past 10-15 years, especially Downtown Jersey City. It has the charm of brownstone homes and the appeal of new high rise condo  More

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Over 17 years ago

I'm fairly young but I grew up in this city, and it's not that bad. Some people say it's dangerous and I beg to differ. If you come from the suburbs perhaps you may feel  More

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