2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bristol, VA vs Ellicott City, MD

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Highlights
- Ellicott City spends 35.0% more per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.4% higher in Ellicott City than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ellicott City had 11.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol
 Bristol, VAEllicott City, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.6%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 Ellicott City    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ellicott City has many great  More

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Plenty of jobs in Washington, DC. and Baltimore areas. Low unemployment. Education and recreation is a top priority with most families here. Relatively high standard of  More

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Over 18 years ago

Ellicott City, MD is west of Baltimore City, north of Washington, DC, east of Frederick, MD. We are close to BWI, and DC airports. There are a couple of big malls for  More

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