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Rio Rancho, NM vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Chesapeake spends 6.6% less per student than Rio Rancho.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% lower in Chesapeake than in Rio Rancho. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chesapeake had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Rancho

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 Rio Rancho, NMChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,881$12,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,727$12,011$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,119$7,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1614.5616.23
 Students per Librarian9436984573
 Students per Counselor705307530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.3%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%24.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.5%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.4%35.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Rio Rancho    21 Reviews

I have lived in the area for the past three years with my husband. Although vastly better than Albuquerque, this is not a safe area. We have had overt and petty crime on  More

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The pros: -Fairly good year-round weather. Sunny days outnumber cloudy days, there are days when the temps fall below freezing and the sun will still be shining. It's  More

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Over 4 years ago

Affordable housing, low crime (compared to Albuquerque), awesome weather with all 4 seasons, beautiful environment and some pretty awesome people. I love Rio Rancho,  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 RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO
87124 87144
ZIPS IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
23322 23320 23323 23321 23324 23325

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