2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bristol, VA vs South Boston, VA

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Highlights
- South Boston spends 14.2% less per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% higher in South Boston than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Boston had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol
 Bristol, VASouth Boston, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,384$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,707$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock15294573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 South Boston    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I think that says it all BORING. No Culture, No entertainment, Crack Head  More

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Over 17 years ago

Nothing Place to be..In the middle of nowhere. Not a very good place to live. No diversity or  More

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