2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bristol, VA vs Johnstown, PA

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Highlights
- Johnstown spends 31.9% more per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.2% higher in Johnstown than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Johnstown had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol
 Bristol, VAJohnstown, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,507$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,743$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7814573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Johnstown    16 Reviews

It is a historic city with a booming economy located in Johnstown, PA. In the past two years, crime and drug problems have decreased, and the city promotes arts,  More

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Over 5 years ago

It's a filthy drug thug pitbull  More

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Over 13 years ago

Johnstown is very sceneic. The people are very nice howeever, if you go too far out into suburbia you will find a great deal of ignorance and racism. The down side is  More

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