2025 Compare Cities Education:
Macon, GA vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 8.7% less per student than Macon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% lower in Lancaster than in Macon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 8.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Macon
 Lancaster, GAUnited States, CA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
Reviews for Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  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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