2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hopewell, VA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 41.6% more per student than Hopewell.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% lower in Columbia than in Hopewell. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 11.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hopewell
 Hopewell, VAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,212  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Hopewell    2 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I find it interesting. That a racist comments were posted by Tarrah. Yet when I tried to respond to her comment the site would not allow me to. Yes Hopewell, like other  More

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Over 18 years ago

I have lived here for about 8 months, and as far as I am concerned, the only good thing about this place is the schools. I work 25 minutes away in Richmond, because I  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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