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Bethesda, MD vs Mechanicsville, VA

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Highlights
- Mechanicsville spends 43.2% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.7% higher in Mechanicsville than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mechanicsville had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda

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 Bethesda, MDMechanicsville, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,736$11,218$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697$10,827$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,703$7,246$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6316.4516.23
 Students per Librarian4906024573
 Students per Counselor292301530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%3.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.1%94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%21.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.1.7%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%35.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.6%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree13.1%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Mechanicsville    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Hanover High was ranked the number 1 school in the region by Richmond Magazine. Wonderful principal, committed teachers, IB diploma. We have been extremely happy with  More

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Over 15 years ago

Virginia may seem to have a reasonable income tax rate (5.0%) but when you add up all the other taxes i.e. Personal property tax, business property tax, sales tax,  More

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Over 15 years ago

Mechanicsville is a nice place to live, the climate is great. Of course it's Virginia - so if someone doesn't like the weather they just have to hang around a few days  More

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ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816
ZIPS IN MECHANICSVILLE, VIRGINIA
23111 23116

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