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Alexandria, VA vs Sunrise, FL

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Highlights
- Sunrise spends 38.8% less per student than Alexandria.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.3% higher in Sunrise than in Alexandria. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunrise had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alexandria
 Alexandria, VASunrise, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,099  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor2239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Sunrise    6 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I absolutely love living in Sunrise. I wish that I could stay but the am about to retire and cannot afford to live here on my retirement. It is a great city and very  More

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We will be moving to south Florida sometime shortly after first of 2012. We just can't decide exactly where. We are a couple in our middle 50"s, like to shop, eat &  More

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Over 17 years ago

The climate in Sunrise, Fl is wonderful. We can go swimming before May, usually during Spring Break as long as we don't (yes, as we Florida's call it) get a cold front.  More

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