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Hickory, NC vs Colonial Heights, VA

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Highlights
- Colonial Heights spends 41.5% more per student than Hickory.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.1% lower in Colonial Heights than in Hickory. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colonial Heights had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hickory

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 Hickory, NCColonial Heights, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,003$14,155$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,282$13,306$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,893$8,350$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0913.7216.23
 Students per Librarian7179294573
 Students per Counselor287348530
 Grade School Educ.3.7%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.3%91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%24.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.4%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.7%25.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 2 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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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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ZIPS IN HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA
28601 28602
ZIPS IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA
23834

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