2025 Compare Cities Education:
Forest, VA vs Ashland, VA

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Highlights
- Ashland spends 18.1% less per student than Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.6% higher in Ashland than in Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ashland had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Forest
 Forest, VAAshland, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,218$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,267  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,246$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor291  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Forest    1 Reviews

I moved to Forest a little over a year ago. I have to say that the peace and quiet agrees with me. I love the beautiful scenic view, the lack of crowds, and the  More

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Reviews for Ashland    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Ashland Is by far the best place to live without Living In the city of richmond yes the housing is more but its safer and has THE BEST SCHOOL IN VA. My brother loves his  More

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Where to begin: With a kid in college in this town I have access to all the good and bad opinions. Have you ever heard of Homemades By Suzanne? Great Deli for eat in  More

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Ashland is built around an excellent small liberal arts college, Randolph-Macon College. The school enjoys a great reputation with both Richmond and D.C. offering  More

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