2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ashland, VA vs Hampton, VA

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Highlights
- Hampton spends 9.8% more per student than Ashland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.5% lower in Hampton than in Ashland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hampton had 7.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashland
 Ashland, VAHampton, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,320$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,431$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5304573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Ashland    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Ashland Is by far the best place to live without Living In the city of richmond yes the housing is more but its safer and has THE BEST SCHOOL IN VA. My brother loves his  More

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Where to begin: With a kid in college in this town I have access to all the good and bad opinions. Have you ever heard of Homemades By Suzanne? Great Deli for eat in  More

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Ashland is built around an excellent small liberal arts college, Randolph-Macon College. The school enjoys a great reputation with both Richmond and D.C. offering  More

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Reviews for Hampton    28 Reviews

This place is the worst. The roads are in terrible condition. Always debris on the highway, side roads, and main roads. I've had replaced 3 tires so far this year alone  More

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Over 4 years ago

Having been deployed all over the world and stationed in the U.S. coast to coast I can honestly say this is the most ghetto place I have ever been...and that includes  More

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We live in Downtown Hampton within walking distance of the Langley Air and Space Museum, Hampton Carousel, the Hampton History Museum and tons of shops and restraunts.   More

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