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Lansdale, PA vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 23.8% less per student than Lansdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 64.5% higher in Lancaster than in Lansdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lansdale
 Lansdale, PALancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,843  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Lansdale    7 Reviews

Lansdale, Montgomery County, PA is a nice community. Low in crime. Good school district (North Penn SD ranked in top 20% of PA school districts per  More

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Over 13 years ago

A quite town I have lived at for 20+ years. It has undergone many changes through the years, and is a small  More

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Over 14 years ago

Lansdale is a nice little town to live in but not much to do. If you want something exciting to do you would have to drive into Philadelphia but the traffic jams pretty  More

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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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