2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wilkes-Barre, PA vs Springfield, OR

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- Springfield spends 15.3% less per student than Wilkes-Barre.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% higher in Springfield than in Wilkes-Barre. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Springfield had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilkes-Barre
 Wilkes-Barre, PASpringfield, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,566$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,947$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7764573
 Students per Counselor553  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Springfield    5 Reviews

When I moved to Springfield with my family, we came from the north so didn't we didn't experience the scathing hatred Californians might encounter. Even so, not being a  More

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I lived her from Sept 2012 to Dec 2018. It was ok at first. Over the years the whole area has become.more and more unfriendly to moderate democrats, centrist or  More

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Over 14 years ago

How is it in Springfield ? Is it hard to get started in that town? How is the work  More

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