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

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Highlights
- Scranton spends 23.1% more per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.7% higher in Scranton than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scranton had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol
 Bristol, VAScranton, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,331$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,367$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14464573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Scranton    20 Reviews

I retired and moved here in 2008 because it was a cheap place to live and my house cost only $70,000 in '08. I found through time that the city is low in crime, has a  More

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LOVE LIVING IN NORTH SCRANTON PA....MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 12 YEARS AND HAVE MET SO MANY NICE PEOPLE. BEING FROM NY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE MOVED  More

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I HAVE LIVED IN NORTH SCRANTON FOR 10YRS, I REALLY ENJOY LIFE HERE. THERE IS SO MUCH TO OFFER, SUPER LOW COST OF LIVING, HOUSING IS CHEAP TO BUY FOR A NICE HOME. WE HAVE  More

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