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Chesapeake, VA vs Baton Rouge, LA

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Highlights
- Baton Rouge spends 13.5% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.9% higher in Baton Rouge than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Baton Rouge had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VABaton Rouge, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,703$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,974$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7174573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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Reviews for Baton Rouge    64 Reviews

terrible place to  More

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Over 6 years ago

I live hear so i can't say i hate it but i don't like  More

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Don't get me wrong, this is a great school filled with many great teachers. I absolutely love all of the classes I am currently in and have been in. We are taught with  More

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