2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lancaster, CA vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Philadelphia spends 48.3% more per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.2% lower in Philadelphia than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Philadelphia had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CAPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,843$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23804573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%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.  Unlock9.3%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 Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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