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Colonial Heights, VA vs Harrisburg, PA

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Highlights
- Harrisburg spends 25.3% more per student than Colonial Heights.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% higher in Harrisburg than in Colonial Heights. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Harrisburg had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colonial Heights

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 Colonial Heights, VAHarrisburg, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,155$17,739$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,306$14,386$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,350$8,762$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.7215.8416.23
 Students per Librarian92910044573
 Students per Counselor348390530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%11.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.6%82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%19.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%22.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.3%5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%0.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Colonial Heights    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

If you are new to this area you may want to pick another school. The faculty and staff are very CLICKY at this school. You have to "be in the in crowd", in order to  More

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Over 15 years ago

I think small southern cities are a bit more nosy and stuffy than other parts of the  More

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Over 16 years ago

I am considering re-locating to Virginia. The only city my family and I actually visited was Roanoke. We liked it very much, but I need to know if the Richmond area has  More

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Reviews for Harrisburg    23 Reviews

I wouldn't recommend Harrisburg. I currently live here, but I'm moving to Lancaster in a month. The problem with Harrisburg is that many long-term residents often refer  More

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Over 7 years ago

I moved to Harrisburg right after college and have been here for about 6 years now. This city is OK. Downtown has some nicer restaurants, but still has just as many  More

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Having lived here many years I've noticed that some people are very nice but most won't give you the time of day.Due to many years of "lifetime" politicians, the city is  More

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ZIPS IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA
23834
ZIPS IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
17104 17103 17102 17101 17120

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