2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cranston, RI vs Newport News, VA

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Highlights
- Newport News spends 28.5% less per student than Cranston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.5% higher in Newport News than in Cranston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport News had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cranston
 Cranston, RINewport News, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,297$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,733$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4104573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Cranston    6 Reviews

Cranston is a fine place to live with a great range of home prices and rents. Good schools, culture, recreation, and located close enough and far away enough from  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've lived in Rhode Island my whole life and i have something to say its one of the safest and relaxing place to live. we have one of the best education system in New  More

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Over 18 years ago

Public Transportation is scary here. The state is built for people that only own cars. There are so many places that don't have a bus line to get to. Limiting people  More

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Reviews for Newport News    36 Reviews

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So, let's start with the positives. Newport News Park is gigantic and has archery, disc golf, canoeing, camping, playgrounds, picnic areas, a beautiful reflecting  More

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Reading a lot of other reviews here I can agree and understand a lot of the negative sentiment. NPN has some crime. Just about as much as any other place from what I've  More

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Over 9 years ago

Its not that bad here. I moved here from the actual city of Chicago and not the suburbs. Believe me I have seen my share of violence. My senior and junior year I had  More

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