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Lancaster, PA vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula spends 33.1% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% higher in Missoula than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Missoula had 17.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, PAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,865$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,226  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,770$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4694573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%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 Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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