2024 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Leesburg, VA

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Highlights
- Leesburg spends 0.3% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% higher in Leesburg than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leesburg had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDLeesburg, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,912$17,858$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615$15,780$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,381$10,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4613.716.23
 Students per Librarian3636494573
 Students per Counselor331250530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%14.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.7%7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%54.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.4%17.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.7%1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Leesburg    17 Reviews

Leesburg has grown from a sleepy county seat to a super suburb with terrific parks & rec facilities, an outlet mall, great restaurants (many within the historic old town  More

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Leesburg and the surrounding Loudoun County have high real estate costs, but also high paying jobs/careers. We are close enough to a major metro area (DC) to enjoy all  More

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Over 9 years ago

Cost of living and the property taxes will kill  More

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