2025 Compare Cities Education:
Alexandria, VA vs Glasgow, KY

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Highlights
- Glasgow spends 37.7% less per student than Alexandria.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.2% lower in Glasgow than in Alexandria. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Glasgow had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alexandria
 Alexandria, VAGlasgow, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,941$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,099  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,439$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6934573
 Students per Counselor2239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Glasgow    2 Reviews

Retired here 2 years ago from Michigan. Less winter but still a lot of gloomy grey days with rain. Had a new house built only to find a very poor work ethic here. It's  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live here in Glasgow all my life and we do have few bad apples in our city but I cannot say that everyone is like that. I am not like that at all and I know there are  More

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