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Lancaster, CA vs Mount Vernon, MO

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Highlights
- Mount Vernon spends 33.1% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.3% lower in Mount Vernon than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Vernon had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CAMount Vernon, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,652$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,366$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4594573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Mount Vernon    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Mt. Vernon has a varity of small suburb areas. They lay on the north edge, filling the boundries at the beginning of hwy 174 and the high school(built in 1997), to the  More

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