2025 Compare Cities Education:
Anchorage, AK vs Bristol, VA

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Highlights
- Bristol spends 20.2% less per student than Anchorage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.5% lower in Bristol than in Anchorage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bristol had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Anchorage
 Anchorage, AKBristol, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,270$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,402  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4404573
 Students per Counselor413  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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