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Pocono Pines, PA vs Lancaster, PA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 17.0% less per student than Pocono Pines.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.4% higher in Lancaster than in Pocono Pines. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pocono Pines

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 Pocono Pines, PALancaster, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$23,173$19,226$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,382$15,226$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,149$9,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.0413.7716.23
 Students per Librarian7104574573
 Students per Counselor266314530
 Grade School Educ.0.0%8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.19.8%9.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.80.2%82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%15.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.1%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.6%25.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.24.8%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Pocono Pines    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Pocono Pines is a small mountain lake town with only two major roads, and when I say major - they each only have two lanes – one in each direction. We are centrally  More

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The rents and the food prices have gotten too high for persons living on a fixed income. The traffic is horrendous. The climate is actually WARMER due to the immense  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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