2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ashland, VA vs Smithfield, UT

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Highlights
- Smithfield spends 13.0% less per student than Ashland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.1% higher in Smithfield than in Ashland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Smithfield had 11.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashland
 Ashland, VASmithfield, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,758$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,216$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21904573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Smithfield    2 Reviews

Your website knows absolutly nothing about small cities or communities...to prove my point here is what is on your website...and I quote 93.26% of people are white,  More

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Over 19 years ago

The weather here in the summer is perfect! Its the winters that are sooo cold. If you like to ski or snowmobile it wonderful for those things. The crime rate here is  More

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