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Bristol, VA vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Chesapeake spends 2.3% less per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.7% higher in Chesapeake than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chesapeake had 7.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol

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 Bristol, VAChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,270$12,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171$12,011$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$7,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.7314.5616.23
 Students per Librarian4406984573
 Students per Counselor314307530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.8%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%24.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%35.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.1%10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.5%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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