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Mechanicsburg, PA vs Wake Forest, NC

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- Wake Forest spends 36.9% less per student than Mechanicsburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% higher in Wake Forest than in Mechanicsburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wake Forest had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mechanicsburg
 Mechanicsburg, PAWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,693  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor279  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Mechanicsburg    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We moved here in the summer of 2016 from out of state with high hopes and for all the right reasons > job, family (my husband, a Penn State grad, was born & raised in  More

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Over 12 years ago

Greetings everyone, I grew up in Allentown PA and moved to Mechanicsburg in 2000 when attempting to reconcile with my ex-wife. My son had just started kindergarten  More

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Over 16 years ago

It is reserve and  More

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Reviews for Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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