2024 Compare Cities Education:
Kirkland, WA vs Newport News, VA

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Highlights
- Newport News spends 33.7% less per student than Kirkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Newport News than in Kirkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport News had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kirkland
 Kirkland, WANewport News, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$13,297$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$11,876$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$6,733$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5315.5516.23
 Students per Librarian9894104573
 Students per Counselor455325530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%5.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.7%91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%24.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.1%28.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.4%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Kirkland    14 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

12 years in Kirkland. It sure changed but love it. Great waterfront, restaurants, art galleries, public transportation, parks, and schools. And only 20 minutes from  More

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Beautiful water and mountain views, enticing wailing culture, bars, restaurants and upscale shopping. Lived here for 7 years now and lookig to move to someplace sunnier  More

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Over 13 years ago

We are not living in our home in Kirkland at the moment (retired now and moving about) and we miss it. Our home is in a lovely small cul de sac and backs on to a  More

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Reviews for Newport News    36 Reviews

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So, let's start with the positives. Newport News Park is gigantic and has archery, disc golf, canoeing, camping, playgrounds, picnic areas, a beautiful reflecting  More

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Reading a lot of other reviews here I can agree and understand a lot of the negative sentiment. NPN has some crime. Just about as much as any other place from what I've  More

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Over 8 years ago

Its not that bad here. I moved here from the actual city of Chicago and not the suburbs. Believe me I have seen my share of violence. My senior and junior year I had  More

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