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Virginia Beach, VA vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 10.6% less per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% lower in Asheville than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach

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 Virginia Beach, VAAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,565$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028$10,947$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,014$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4413.316.23
 Students per Librarian6123634573
 Students per Counselor322239530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%17.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%50.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%2.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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ZIPS IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total
ZIPS IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
28806 28803 28715 28804 28704 28805 28801

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