2025 Compare Cities Education:
Greenville, NC vs Bristol, VA

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Highlights
- Bristol spends 29.5% more per student than Greenville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.9% lower in Bristol than in Greenville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bristol had 6.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Greenville
 Greenville, NCBristol, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,270$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,749  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4404573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 9 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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