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Chesapeake, VA vs Crisfield, MD

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- Crisfield spends 69.0% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.8% lower in Crisfield than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crisfield had 12.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VACrisfield, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,903$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,787$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Crisfield    2 Reviews

Crisfield is Ocean City, Maryland 30 years ago, and is very similar to some of Maryland's most exclusive and expensive Chesapeake Bay extremely expensive towns...St.  More

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A great Covid remote work location/opportunity. Very safe, good in town hospital, ocean resorts a short drive away, endless quality water activities. Some good  More

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