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San Francisco, CA vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 17.1% less per student than San Francisco.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% higher in Lancaster than in San Francisco. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to San Francisco
 San Francisco, CALancaster, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,279  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor566  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for San Francisco    149 Reviews

from a single guy's perspective. let's start this review from 2017. I moved here to be near to my sister who also relocated, and also to attend Cal State East Bay in  More

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I've lived in San Francisco for ten years. I thought I would write a balanced review for people looking to move here. My family is from places like Boise, Atlanta,  More

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I've lived in San Francisco for ten years. I thought I would write a balanced review for people looking to move here. My family is from places like Boise, Atlanta,  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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