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Chesapeake, VA vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Philadelphia spends 99.4% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% higher in Philadelphia than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Philadelphia had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake

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 Chesapeake, VAPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,959$25,843$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011$14,192$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,649$7,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5615.0416.23
 Students per Librarian69823804573
 Students per Counselor307408530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.5%86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%16.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%32.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.2%9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%1.8%1.5%

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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 Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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ZIPS IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
23322 23320 23323 23321 23324 23325
ZIPS IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
19120, 19111, 19124, 19143, 19134, 19149, 19104, 19148, 19140, 19145, 48 total

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