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Lancaster, CA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 1.9% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.7% lower in Olympia than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 16.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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