2025 Compare Cities Education:
White Plains, NY vs Lancaster, PA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 38.7% less per student than White Plains.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.1% higher in Lancaster than in White Plains. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to White Plains
 White Plains, NYLancaster, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,226$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,367  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4574573
 Students per Counselor315  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for White Plains    8 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The city does a very good job promoting youth sports. They recently upgraded a number of sporting venues including the high school & middle school football fields &  More

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Over 17 years ago

I love living in White Plains there are many activities,reataurants and it's close to New York City.The only draw back to me is the occasional heavy and unpredictable  More

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Over 17 years ago

It's a fantastic place to live and I wish I didn't have to move, but now that I'm looking to buy my first home outside my parents house (which was bought for 122,000  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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