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Chesapeake, VA vs Lewiston, ME

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- Lewiston spends 18.4% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.8% lower in Lewiston than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lewiston had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VALewiston, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,349$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,377$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4074573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Sadley, there's little hope if this town can rise up to overcome the extreme poverty of this socio-economical class in an underserved community, unless... PARENTS do  More

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I have lived and worked in Lewiston-Auburn for nearly 30 years and I think it's a wonderful place to raise a family. We sent both our kids to the Lewiston public  More

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Despite years of efforts to revitalize Maine's second largest city, it seems Lewiston will always be joked about as the "armpit" of the State. City and State leaders  More

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