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Dover, DE vs Ashburn, VA

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- Ashburn spends 7.7% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.7% lower in Ashburn than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ashburn had 7.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover
 Dover, DEAshburn, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,858$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6494573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Ashburn    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We’ve lived here for 10 months and it’s not awesome. The housing costs are insane and the yards are postage stamps with apartments and townhomes lining every road and  More

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Over 10 years ago

Ashburn is part of the growing population of Northern Virginia. A planned community, largely built in the 1990's, Ashburn was one of the first developments in eastern  More

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Over 10 years ago

Weather is great, has all four seasons, minor snow fall and mild  More

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