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Port Orchard, WA vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Chesapeake spends 26.7% less per student than Port Orchard.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.3% lower in Chesapeake than in Port Orchard. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chesapeake had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Orchard

Education
 Port Orchard, WAChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,675$12,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,783$12,011$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,929$7,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.8214.5616.23
 Students per Librarian8356984573
 Students per Counselor382307530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.8%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%24.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.1%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.2%35.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.4%10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Port Orchard    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

A bit boring but still a cool antique  More

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Over 5 years ago

We moved here from Phx, AZ. Big change. Hate being hot. I'm not hot, anymore. I haute snakes and scorpions. Don't have any poisonous snakes here, and no scorpions in  More

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Over 11 years ago

High crime rate. High house prices. High cost of  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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98366
ZIPS IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
23322 23320 23323 23321 23324 23325

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