2025 Compare Cities Education:
Petersburg, VA vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 17.3% less per student than Petersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.7% higher in Phoenix than in Petersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Petersburg
 Petersburg, VAPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,562  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Petersburg    3 Reviews

Petersburg's crime statistics do not accurately reflect the true picture of our city. Unfortunately, cime is crime, but the lack of the most serious random acts of crime  More

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Though there are people who rent in petersburg who work in nearby richmond, the rental market is not yet prohibitive in richmond. The real value is for those who want  More

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Over 19 years ago

Climate is hot and humid in summer but spring and fall are generally quite nice. Winters are not bad either, it snows occasionally but there is still a lot of sunshine  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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