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Lancaster, CA vs Palmdale, CA

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Highlights
- Palmdale spends 0.0% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Palmdale than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palmdale had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster

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 Lancaster, CAPalmdale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8621.8616.23
 Students per Librarian656565654573
 Students per Counselor380380530
 Grade School Educ.8.3%11.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%12.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.7%76.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%23.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%16.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.1%4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%0.5%1.5%

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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 4 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 6 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 Palmdale    35 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for nine years and I haven't had any problems. The weather is hot during the summer we get real Summers during the winter it's cold and it's sometimes  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have lived here for many years and I wish I could move elsewhere. I have lived on both the east and west sides of this city. The west side is supposedly better and I  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live in West Palmdale, right by the mall and i just love it. The area is in need of more restaurants, preferably steak houses, a good old fashion Chinese restaurant  More

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ZIPS IN LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA
93535 93536 93534
ZIPS IN PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
93550 93551 93552

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