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Mechanicsville, VA vs Plantation, FL

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- Plantation spends 4.5% more per student than Mechanicsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.7% higher in Plantation than in Mechanicsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plantation had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mechanicsville
 Mechanicsville, VAPlantation, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Mechanicsville    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Hanover High was ranked the number 1 school in the region by Richmond Magazine. Wonderful principal, committed teachers, IB diploma. We have been extremely happy with  More

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Over 16 years ago

Virginia may seem to have a reasonable income tax rate (5.0%) but when you add up all the other taxes i.e. Personal property tax, business property tax, sales tax,  More

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Over 16 years ago

Mechanicsville is a nice place to live, the climate is great. Of course it's Virginia - so if someone doesn't like the weather they just have to hang around a few days  More

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Reviews for Plantation    16 Reviews

I lived there for 25 years and it used to be awesome but it has gone downhill a LOT the past 10 years and a lot of people are leaving for that reason or would if they  More

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Over 12 years ago

Job and real estate markets still sluggish and we are finding it difficult to get  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great place to live. Good place for shopping, golfing and schools. central location in respect  More

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