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Ashland, VA vs Fredericksburg, VA

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Highlights
- Fredericksburg spends 25.3% more per student than Ashland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.5% lower in Fredericksburg than in Ashland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fredericksburg had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashland

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 Ashland, VAFredericksburg, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,218$14,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,827$13,335$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,246$8,590$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.4513.7316.23
 Students per Librarian60218124573
 Students per Counselor301330530
 Grade School Educ.7.0%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%4.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.5%91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%22.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.8%5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%42.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.4%15.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%1.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Ashland    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ashland Is by far the best place to live without Living In the city of richmond yes the housing is more but its safer and has THE BEST SCHOOL IN VA. My brother loves his  More

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Where to begin: With a kid in college in this town I have access to all the good and bad opinions. Have you ever heard of Homemades By Suzanne? Great Deli for eat in  More

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Ashland is built around an excellent small liberal arts college, Randolph-Macon College. The school enjoys a great reputation with both Richmond and D.C. offering  More

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Reviews for Fredericksburg    17 Reviews

Fredericksburg has an undeniably small town charm and an all around appeal that is hard to beat, in the context of its proximity to the larger DC Metro area. The  More

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I have lived in Fredericksburg for over 10 years and love it. The housing prices are affordable and this historic city has so much to offer. Ideal location also situated  More

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Disclaimer right off the top; yes I know there are good people everywhere and some are here as well but Fredericksburg is far from an ideal place to live and here is  More

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