2026 Compare Cities Education:
Colonial Beach, VA vs East Islip, NY

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Highlights
- East Islip spends 109.1% more per student than Colonial Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.8% lower in East Islip than in Colonial Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Islip had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Colonial Beach
 Colonial Beach, VAEast Islip, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,219$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,656  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,018$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11144573
 Students per Counselor308  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Colonial Beach    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

We happened upon this amazing little town about 10 years ago. We were looking for a water-oriented community that was reasonably priced and found Colonial Beach. We  More

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Over 15 years ago

The area of Colonial Beach Virginia is a very depressed and somewhat unsightly. I would not recmmend this as a place to live, t may be ok for a visit, however I did not  More

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Reviews for East Islip    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Living on the South Shore of Long Island we are the first -in line to get hit with the hurricanes etc that our fall weather is notorious for. On avg I would say there  More

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Over 13 years ago

Living on the South Shore of Long Island we are the first -in line to get hit with the hurricanes etc that our fall weather is notorious for. On avg I would say there  More

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Over 19 years ago

Nice place to live good schools friendly neighborhood lots to do and  More

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