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Lancaster, CA vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 17.2% more per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.3% lower in New Orleans than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 7.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CANew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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