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Chesapeake, VA vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Fairfax spends 35.6% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Fairfax than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fairfax had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake

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 Chesapeake, VAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,959$17,573$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011$16,085$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,649$10,083$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56 16.23

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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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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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ZIPS IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
23322 23320 23323 23321 23324 23325
ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
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