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Danville, KY vs Chesapeake, VA

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- Chesapeake spends 22.5% less per student than Danville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% higher in Chesapeake than in Danville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chesapeake had 3.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Danville
 Danville, KYChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,078  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6984573
 Students per Counselor363  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Danville    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

If you like friendly non-judgmental people, four seasons, fertile land, beautiful natural scenery, low cost of living, this is a good  More

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Over 16 years ago

Great small college town for  More

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Over 20 years ago

Crime is Danville, in Kentucky really is driven, in my opinion, by the economy and lack of higher education. There is great opportunity for the area to grow in the next  More

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Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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