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Wilkes-Barre, PA vs Macungie, PA

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- Macungie spends 14.6% more per student than Wilkes-Barre.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% lower in Macungie than in Wilkes-Barre. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macungie had 12.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilkes-Barre
 Wilkes-Barre, PAMacungie, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,712$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,777$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5794573
 Students per Counselor553  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Wilkes-Barre    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I had the privilege of being born and raised here in Wilkes-Barre. Unfortunately, the town has deteriorated tremendously. I shall list pros vs.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Wilkes-Barre was a wonderful place to go to college. With two schools near each other (King's College and Wilkes College) the atmosphere was exciting. The city of itself  More

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Reviews for Macungie    2 Reviews

When I moved here in 1997, this was still a quite little place. In the ensuing 10 years, many people from New Jersey and New York have moved here to escape the high cost  More

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The area in and around Macungie is nice but farms that had been in place for one or two centuries are now ugly over priced homes and condo's. People from the N.J. and NY  More

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