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Bristol, VA vs Damascus, MD

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- Damascus spends 48.7% more per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.0% higher in Damascus than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Damascus had 9.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol
 Bristol, VADamascus, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4904573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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Reviews for Damascus    2 Reviews

Damascus is located in the "prestigious" Montgomery County MD, located between Washington DC and Baltimore MD. One of the problems is that Damascus is upper northern  More

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beautiful surrounding countryside, lots of amenities concentrated nearby, and great natural recreation within 12 to 50 minutes: forest preserve, golf, C&O Canal tow  More

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