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Columbia, MD vs Colonial Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Colonial Beach spends 19.3% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% higher in Colonial Beach than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colonial Beach had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDColonial Beach, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,451$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7194573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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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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