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Lancaster, VA vs Colonial Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Colonial Beach spends 12.0% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Colonial Beach than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colonial Beach had 9.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, VAColonial Beach, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,451$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,403  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7194573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.4.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
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Reviews for Colonial Beach    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We happened upon this amazing little town about 10 years ago. We were looking for a water-oriented community that was reasonably priced and found Colonial Beach. We  More

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Over 14 years ago

The area of Colonial Beach Virginia is a very depressed and somewhat unsightly. I would not recmmend this as a place to live, t may be ok for a visit, however I did not  More

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