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Lancaster, CA vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- Merced spends 17.8% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% higher in Merced than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merced had 9.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CAMerced, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,332$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,391$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock61024573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%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 Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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