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Anderson, SC vs Virginia Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Virginia Beach spends 0.3% less per student than Anderson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.0% higher in Virginia Beach than in Anderson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Virginia Beach had 10.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Anderson

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 Anderson, SCVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,600$13,565$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,481$12,028$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,778$7,014$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1315.4416.23
 Students per Librarian5766124573
 Students per Counselor358322530
 Grade School Educ.4.2%1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.9%94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.3%24.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.7%11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.0%38.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.9%10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 15 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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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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