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Chesapeake, VA vs Salisbury, MD

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Highlights
- Salisbury spends 31.6% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.5% lower in Salisbury than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salisbury had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake

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 Chesapeake, VASalisbury, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,959$17,051$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011$15,378$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,649$9,429$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5612.4516.23
 Students per Librarian6986674573
 Students per Counselor307196530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%10.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.5%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%18.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%29.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.2%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%1.5%1.5%

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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 Salisbury    11 Reviews

Elijah · 
Over 4 years ago

I left Salisbury 5 years ago, but a year ago I had some business nearby, so I decides to visit Salisbury, MD for nostalgia’s sake, it was a big mistake. I’ll admit there  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in Salisbury for 10 years before leaving and It’s funny that people keep telling me that Salisbury has very little crime, and that it having high crime is made  More

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I am tired of hearing about salisbury having a "high violent crime rate" in these national reviews. It is inaccurate and damaging to property and business owners here.  More

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ZIPS IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
23322 23320 23323 23321 23324 23325
ZIPS IN SALISBURY, MARYLAND
21804 21801

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