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Chester, VA vs Gallup, NM

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Highlights
- Gallup spends 23.2% more per student than Chester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.1% higher in Gallup than in Chester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gallup had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chester
 Chester, VAGallup, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,714$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,033  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,163$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.05  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63384573
 Students per Counselor305  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Chester    6 Reviews

I just recently discovered a little suburb of Richmond, called Chester. Yes, it is small and not much going on in that area - but if you want a peaceful area to live -  More

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I grew up in Chester and it really isn't a bad place to live if you like living in a very populated area. It has great schools, low crime, easy access to both Richmond  More

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Chester, because of its location midway between Richmond, VA and Petersburg, VA, was once just a train station. With residential growth in affluent Chesterfield County  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 13 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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