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St. Marys, PA vs Mechanicsburg, PA

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- Mechanicsburg spends 15.1% more per student than St. Marys.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.1% higher in Mechanicsburg than in St. Marys. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mechanicsburg had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Marys
 St. Marys, PAMechanicsburg, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,025  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,392$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7314573
 Students per Counselor320  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for St. Marys    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

The population continues to decline in St. Marys. The Census Bureau came out with their latest numbers and the population continues to decline. In 2011 it was at  More

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Over 12 years ago

This place is full of nothing but old people and rednecks. They have no idea what the rest of the world is like because they are very isolated geographically and  More

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St. Marys, and the whole Elk County area are a textbook example of the term "Brain Drain." Ever since the mid to late 90's, most of the youth that went away to college  More

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Reviews for Mechanicsburg    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We moved here in the summer of 2016 from out of state with high hopes and for all the right reasons > job, family (my husband, a Penn State grad, was born & raised in  More

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Over 12 years ago

Greetings everyone, I grew up in Allentown PA and moved to Mechanicsburg in 2000 when attempting to reconcile with my ex-wife. My son had just started kindergarten  More

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Over 16 years ago

It is reserve and  More

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