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Virginia Beach, VA vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 116.7% more per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.1% lower in Boston than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach

Education
 Virginia Beach, VABoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,565$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028$23,918$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,014$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4411.2516.23
 Students per Librarian6127174573
 Students per Counselor322567530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%12.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%52.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%3.6%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 Boston    122 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total
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