2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lexington, VA vs Murray, KY

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Highlights
- Murray spends 18.1% less per student than Lexington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% higher in Murray than in Lexington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Murray had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lexington
 Lexington, VAMurray, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,924$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,278$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6914573
 Students per Counselor237  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.2%1.5%
Reviews for Lexington    3 Reviews

I moved to the city of Lexington from Houston 4.5 years ago. I couldn't be happier. Residents are polite and friendly. There is employment for seniors like myself and I  More

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Lexington is a nice little town in the Shenandoah Valley, but is quite expensive to live in. It is most likely due to the snow-birds moving to a location closer to  More

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Over 18 years ago

would love to trade houses in lexington, have a 3+bedroom, 2 bathroom, family living, dining room, hottub room... anyone interested? south west florida small town, 2  More

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Reviews for Murray    11 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

This is a town with 18,000 people and 15 banks. I had the law called on me for sitting at the end of washed out road, essentially a dead end, eating my meal and  More

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Over 13 years ago

I lived in Illinois for twenty years and have not had as many problems as I have had in the past four months living here in murray. There are alot of hateful people that  More

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Ive lived in murry for 5 years. Originally from Southern California. People say there is nothing to do in Murray. Well, if your looking for someone to entertain you  More

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