2025 Compare Cities Education:
Roanoke, VA vs Hazleton, PA

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Highlights
- Hazleton spends 22.1% more per student than Roanoke.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% higher in Hazleton than in Roanoke. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hazleton had 15.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Roanoke
 Roanoke, VAHazleton, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,203$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,973  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,977$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13644573
 Students per Counselor298  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Roanoke    44 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Roanoke for 15 years, so I hope this comment can help those planning on moving here. Roanoke isn’t bad if you consider Roanoke county and Salem. Sure,  More

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I've lived here from 2 years and, goddamn, these people are stupid af. If I here coronavirus is a hoax and and fat people making comments at me for wearing a damn mask  More

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I was born and raised in Roanoke County (Oak Grove subdivision), departing in 1989 for a job in Texas. So my perspective on the area is dated, but might be valuable as  More

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Reviews for Hazleton    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I saw that arts and culture is a listed con for this city. This is simply untrue. This city has a great up and coming Arts  More

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As a longtime resident of the Hazleton Area, I can tell you it is one of the worst places to live in this country and I am sorry that I didn't run the second I graduated  More

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here you can go shopping or you can go to the lakes, not a lot other things to do. locals like to go hunting dear, ride motorcycles. a good thing is that you can drive  More

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