2025 Compare Cities Education:
Arlington, VA vs Anderson, SC

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Highlights
- Anderson spends 42.3% less per student than Arlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% lower in Anderson than in Arlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anderson had 9.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Arlington
 Arlington, VAAnderson, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,600$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,293  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,778$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5764573
 Students per Counselor248  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Arlington    36 Reviews

Lived here 17 years, amazing  More

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Resident for 20 years. There is nothing hidden about Arlington. It is an affluent inner suburb of DC with a highly educated, mostly professional, population. The  More

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We've lived in Arlington for the past 7 years, and have enjoyed it but would prefer a less expensive, more open area. We live in a townhouse in Rosslyn, close to the  More

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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 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 16 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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