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Virginia Beach, VA vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Kent spends 47.9% more per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.0% higher in Kent than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kent had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach

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 Virginia Beach, VAKent, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,565$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028$14,996$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,014$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4418.5316.23
 Students per Librarian6129894573
 Students per Counselor322455530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%87.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%27.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%0.4%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 Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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ZIPS IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total
ZIPS IN KENT, WASHINGTON
98031 98030 98032

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