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Petaluma, CA vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 3.4% more per student than Petaluma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% higher in Lancaster than in Petaluma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 9.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Petaluma
 Petaluma, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  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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