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Houston, TX vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Chesapeake spends 1.0% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% lower in Chesapeake than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chesapeake had 17.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$12,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$12,011$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$7,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8214.5616.23
 Students per Librarian14706984573
 Students per Counselor473307530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%24.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%35.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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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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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
23322 23320 23323 23321 23324 23325

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