2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lancaster, CA vs Parma, OH

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Highlights
- Parma spends 15.7% more per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.0% lower in Parma than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parma had 11.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CAParma, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,106$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8434573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Parma    2 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

~80k strong my city is full of working class Clevelanders. It seems to be fading yet continues year to year plodding  More

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Over 17 years ago

travel to work during normal rush hour(0800 - 0900)is pretty good compared to when we travel to other area of country. Sorry no hard data to support  More

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