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Martinsville, VA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 31.2% more per student than Martinsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.0% higher in Salem than in Martinsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Martinsville

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 Martinsville, VASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,012$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,408$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,636$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.5618.4416.23
 Students per Librarian9096454573
 Students per Counselor227353530
 Grade School Educ.4.5%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.3%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.15.3%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.1%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.9%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Martinsville    3 Reviews

I've lived here almost 40 years and taught economics in the local community college. Ideally situated between Greensboro NC and Roanoke VA. Low housing prices, crime  More

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Over 12 years ago

We are lucky if we get one snowfall that covers the ground and stays for 1-2 days. Winters are mild with beautiful spring and fall weather. The summers are great but  More

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Over 14 years ago

Boring! Nothing to do, nowhere to go, very scarce on jobs........need I say  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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24112
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97301 97302 97304 97306

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