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Lancaster, PA vs Litchfield Park, AZ

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- Litchfield Park spends 45.1% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.5% higher in Litchfield Park than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Litchfield Park had 18.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, PALitchfield Park, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,226  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Litchfield Park    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I lived in LP from May 2005 to Aug 2019, and I must say that it was a very nice area. It gives small town living, with moderate (Goodyear and Avondale) to big city  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've been teaching in AZ for 5 years. I came from CA where I taught for 4 years. I have never been so unhappy teaching than I have been in AZ. There is so much pressure  More

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Everything that you need and want is very accesiable. Traffic is much easier to deal then most parts of Phoenix. Stores are opening up all the time, and there is so much  More

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