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Painesville, OH vs Lorain, OH

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- Lorain spends 0.4% more per student than Painesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Lorain than in Painesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lorain had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Painesville
 Painesville, OHLorain, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,914$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,567  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,324$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7304573
 Students per Counselor457  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Painesville    2 Reviews

I have lived in Painesville for the last 16 years. The last 3 generations of my family have lived in Painesville and even attended the local high school, Thomas W.  More

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Decent place to live, but downtown painesville is very rundown. If you want to live in Lake County, Ohio, best to live in either Mentor or  More

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Reviews for Lorain    8 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Well, in short...It Sucks !!! It's become like the movie "Escape from New York". The city of Lorain has the highest amount of sex offenders and other criminals. The  More

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Over 14 years ago

I lived in Lorain for over 40 years of my life. It used to be a nice place to grow up and then raise a family. I return every year to visit family and meet up with  More

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Over 17 years ago

Living in Ohio is very unmotivating. There have been job cuts, homelessness and uncompassion all around us here. We strive to get ahead and take care of our families.   More

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