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Ashland, VA vs Virginia Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Virginia Beach spends 20.9% more per student than Ashland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% lower in Virginia Beach than in Ashland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Virginia Beach had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashland
 Ashland, VAVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,565$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,014$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6124573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 5 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 7 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 8 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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