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Gaithersburg, MD vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Chesapeake spends 34.3% less per student than Gaithersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% higher in Chesapeake than in Gaithersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chesapeake had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Gaithersburg

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 Gaithersburg, MDChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,736$12,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697$12,011$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,703$7,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6314.5616.23
 Students per Librarian4906984573
 Students per Counselor292307530
 Grade School Educ.7.0%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.4%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%24.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.8%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.3%35.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.8%10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.4%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Gaithersburg    10 Reviews

We recently sold our family home of 20+ years in Potomac, MD and moved just down the road to Gaithersburg. We have nothing but good things to say about the people  More

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The city of Gaithersburg offers all of the employment opportunities of being within commuting range of D.C. without the congestion. Homes are more affordable and you  More

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The state has the potential to be a great place to live ... but that 'Reality’ is just slipping away. The current leadership has done a really bang-up job creating so  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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ZIPS IN GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND
20878 20877 20879 20899
ZIPS IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
23322 23320 23323 23321 23324 23325

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