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Dante, VA vs Colonial Heights, VA

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Highlights
- Colonial Heights spends 21.8% more per student than Dante.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Colonial Heights than in Dante. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colonial Heights had 36.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dante
 Dante, VAColonial Heights, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,155$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,101  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,350$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.05  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9294573
 Students per Counselor266  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.20.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.0.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
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Reviews for Colonial Heights    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

If you are new to this area you may want to pick another school. The faculty and staff are very CLICKY at this school. You have to "be in the in crowd", in order to  More

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Over 17 years ago

I think small southern cities are a bit more nosy and stuffy than other parts of the  More

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Over 18 years ago

I am considering re-locating to Virginia. The only city my family and I actually visited was Roanoke. We liked it very much, but I need to know if the Richmond area has  More

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