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Danville, VA vs Somerset, KY

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Highlights
- Somerset spends 23.8% less per student than Danville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% lower in Somerset than in Danville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerset had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Danville

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 Danville, VASomerset, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,800$11,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,892$10,255$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,474$6,241$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5315.6416.23
 Students per Librarian6375074573
 Students per Counselor441424530
 Grade School Educ.5.1%10.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.7%11.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.84.2%78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%26.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.9%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%17.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.3%6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.5%0.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Danville    8 Reviews

I have lived in Danville all of my life(almost 30 years). This town has been through some ups and downs but as I get older, I have realized how great of a town that  More

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Danville is in a state of revival. Its beautiful river and numerous parks, its quiet walks and enviable sunsets are but a few of the natural amenities the city offers.  More

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In my opinion, all of Danville's problems are rooted in their poorly managed government infrastructure. I have been here for 3 months and the entire time I've been here,  More

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 16 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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ZIPS IN DANVILLE, VIRGINIA
24540 24541
ZIPS IN SOMERSET, KENTUCKY
42503 42501

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