2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Chester, PA vs Upper Marlboro, MD

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Highlights
- Upper Marlboro spends 14.3% less per student than West Chester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% lower in Upper Marlboro than in West Chester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Upper Marlboro had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to West Chester
 West Chester, PAUpper Marlboro, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,603$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,724  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,718$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11554573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for West Chester    14 Reviews

We've lived in various states, small towns & big cities, all over the country and we both felt West Chester was home as soon as we hit downtown. We've been here 8 years  More

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There seems to be 2 different profiles for West Chester, PA. One says it's a town of <20K and another says it's more like a small city at over 40K. I was kind of  More

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Over 13 years ago

Good that you live in Allentown, because you sure aren't seeing the real West Chester. We're from CA, and we couldn't afford to buy a home there. WC has grown into a  More

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Reviews for Upper Marlboro    2 Reviews

Upper Marlboro is in many ways a difficult place to find. The actual town of Upper Marlboro is very small---located along Route 4 and Old Marlboro Pike---the town was  More

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Over 19 years ago

Live outside of Washington DC, in an area referred to as "rural tier". A mile and a half to chaos! Traffic problems galore, high property cost, school problems.   More

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