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Chesapeake, VA vs Northampton, MA

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- Northampton spends 65.2% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.8% lower in Northampton than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Northampton had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VANorthampton, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,404$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,450$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.9%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 Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  More

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