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Ashland, VA vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 1.0% less per student than Ashland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Tampa than in Ashland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 2.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashland
 Ashland, VATampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Ashland    3 Reviews

Over 14 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 Tampa    162 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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