2025 Compare Cities Education:
South Windsor, CT vs Lancaster, PA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 23.3% less per student than South Windsor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.7% higher in Lancaster than in South Windsor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 15.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to South Windsor
 South Windsor, CTLancaster, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,226$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,830  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.33  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4574573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for South Windsor    3 Reviews

I'm from southern Calif., Los Angeles area all my life except for 10 years in Phoenix metro for college, and the start of my profession, then back to L.A. We moved to  More

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Over 16 years ago

South Windsor is a great town to raise children. Education is valued by the people who live here. I wish I could move this town somewhere warmer. The winters are too  More

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Houses are not cheap in South Windsor. Lots of recent commercial development if you like that sort of thing. The people are snobby in an upper-middle class sort of way  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 11 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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