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Alexandria, VA vs Crescent City, CA

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Highlights
- Crescent City spends 27.2% less per student than Alexandria.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.3% higher in Crescent City than in Alexandria. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crescent City had 29.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alexandria
 Alexandria, VACrescent City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,949$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,099  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor2239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock66.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Alexandria    49 Reviews

Old Town Alexandria is a charming port city, with lovely historic homes, fun restaurants and sweet shops. Its easy proximity to the hustle and bustle of DC offer  More

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Alexandria is different depending on what part of it you are in. There is a huge strata of rich and poor, with a few middle class neighborhoods in between. Old town is  More

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The mailing address in this area is Alexandria, or Engleside. Either way, it's SE Fairfax County between Fort Belvoir and Mount Vernon. The neighborhood has been here  More

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Reviews for Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  More

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