2025 Compare Cities Education:
Harrisonburg, VA vs Lakewood, CO

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Highlights
- Lakewood spends 7.4% less per student than Harrisonburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.7% higher in Lakewood than in Harrisonburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lakewood had 11.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisonburg
 Harrisonburg, VALakewood, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,308$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,923$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6574573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 16 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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Reviews for Lakewood    17 Reviews

As with most internet reviews, evaluate with a grain of sense. While the last reviewer (Ann S.) has some points about Lakewood, she is quite on the cynical and angry  More

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If you ask anyone who has lived in the Denver metro area the last decade they will tell you the entire area is going downhill as it transforms before their eyes.   More

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Over 8 years ago

I am denver south student, I just want see average of Lakewood health, but I didn'the get see in this review. By the way Lakewood is a good town I want to see all  More

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