2025 Compare Cities Education:
Springfield, OR vs Virginia Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Virginia Beach spends 6.9% less per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% lower in Virginia Beach than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Virginia Beach had 5.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, ORVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,565$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,014$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6124573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Springfield    5 Reviews

When I moved to Springfield with my family, we came from the north so didn't we didn't experience the scathing hatred Californians might encounter. Even so, not being a  More

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I lived her from Sept 2012 to Dec 2018. It was ok at first. Over the years the whole area has become.more and more unfriendly to moderate democrats, centrist or  More

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Over 14 years ago

How is it in Springfield ? Is it hard to get started in that town? How is the work  More

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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,  More

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