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Fairfax, VA vs Virginia Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Virginia Beach spends 22.8% less per student than Fairfax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Virginia Beach than in Fairfax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Virginia Beach had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfax

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 Fairfax, VAVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,573$13,565$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085$12,028$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,083$7,014$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.4416.23

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,  More

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ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030
ZIPS IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total

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