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Chesapeake, VA vs South Lyon, MI

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Highlights
- South Lyon spends 17.2% more per student than Chesapeake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.9% higher in South Lyon than in Chesapeake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lyon had 2.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chesapeake
 Chesapeake, VASouth Lyon, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,011  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%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 South Lyon    4 Reviews

Michigan is a beautiful state with great parks and fantastic lakes. Surrounded on three sides by water and with consistent precipitation year-round, there is potential  More

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Over 15 years ago

This fall has been beautiful with lots of sun, Fall in SE Michigan is beautiful in general, it is one of the things I love the most about living here. Winter isn't so  More

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We are looking to move because although you get 4 seasons here, the winter is too long and weather tends to be extreme. I took a college class which confimed that the  More

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