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Mechanicsville, VA vs Saratoga Springs, NY

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- Saratoga Springs spends 102.4% more per student than Mechanicsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.2% lower in Saratoga Springs than in Mechanicsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Saratoga Springs had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mechanicsville
 Mechanicsville, VASaratoga Springs, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,706$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,993$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7974573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%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 Saratoga Springs    22 Reviews

I grew up in Saratoga and moved out in my late 20’s. I only live about 20 minutes from there now, so I go there sometimes. Downtown Saratoga is very nice. Broadway, the  More

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Over 6 years ago

I came from buffalo New York home of the chicken wings and forgot my phone in the uber the people at the concert were very nice they let me and my friend and I leave and  More

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Saratoga springs is one of the safest cities to live in. You don't really have to worry about getting shot, mugged, assaulted (Those things do happen, but no where near  More

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