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Macungie, PA vs Castro Valley, CA

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- Castro Valley spends 9.8% less per student than Macungie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.1% higher in Castro Valley than in Macungie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castro Valley had 5.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Macungie
 Macungie, PACastro Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,267  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor329  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Macungie    2 Reviews

When I moved here in 1997, this was still a quite little place. In the ensuing 10 years, many people from New Jersey and New York have moved here to escape the high cost  More

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The area in and around Macungie is nice but farms that had been in place for one or two centuries are now ugly over priced homes and condo's. People from the N.J. and NY  More

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Reviews for Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 11 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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