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Bedford, NH vs Virginia Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Virginia Beach spends 19.6% less per student than Bedford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.6% higher in Virginia Beach than in Bedford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Virginia Beach had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bedford

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 Bedford, NHVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,879$13,565$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,747$12,028$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,989$7,014$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.215.4416.23
 Students per Librarian4156124573
 Students per Counselor220322530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.5%94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%24.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.5%38.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.3%10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.7%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Bedford    1 Reviews

Bedford, NH, likes to think of itself as a country town, but it borders the largest city in the state and attracts lots of people, so the small town flavor is gone as  More

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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 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 5 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 6 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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