2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbus, OH vs Chambersburg, PA

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Highlights
- Chambersburg spends 13.3% less per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% lower in Chambersburg than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chambersburg had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHChambersburg, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,602$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4074573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Chambersburg    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

chambersburg is a black hole once you move here you never get out! it is commonly referred to as the arm pitt of pa absolutly nothing here.  More

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Over 15 years ago

Conservative  More

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Well, from our point of view, if one moves to Chambersburg Pa. they go down hill! My Son moved there three years ago, he came from two metro areas Los Angeles and Also  More

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