2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lancaster, PA vs Fort Pierce, FL

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Highlights
- Fort Pierce spends 41.8% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.7% higher in Fort Pierce than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Pierce had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, PAFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,181$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,226  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,827$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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Reviews for Fort Pierce    4 Reviews

Fort Pierce has both beautiful pristine Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Indian River Lagoon state of the art marinas. The two are linked by the best ocean inlet in the state  More

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Over 18 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 18 years ago

I moved here from Ohio nearly three years ago. It was fun at first...fishing,the beach and the winter weather was nice. But, after the honeymoon was over, I began to see  More

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