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Waynesboro, PA vs Lehighton, PA

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- Lehighton spends 39.4% more per student than Waynesboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% lower in Lehighton than in Waynesboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lehighton had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Waynesboro
 Waynesboro, PALehighton, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,354$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,449  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,314$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7284573
 Students per Counselor396  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Waynesboro    1 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived here for about a little bit more than a year and I find this town is overall a very nice town to raise children and live in a peaceful environment.   More

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Reviews for Lehighton    3 Reviews

I have lived here since 1986 due to a job transfer and have hated it the whole time. Lots of people on drugs sporting tattoos and dragging 2-3 kids around - but  More

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Over 16 years ago

I have no idea where this number came from. Lehighton is the only town I've ever lived in (or even visited) where I have absolutely no fears about taking my dog for a  More

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I lived in Lehighton for the first 35 years of my life, then I finally had to get out. I was going nowhere. Lehighton is known for people being born and raised there and  More

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