2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Petersburg, FL vs Ashland, VA

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Highlights
- Ashland spends 3.5% less per student than St. Petersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Ashland than in St. Petersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ashland had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Petersburg
 St. Petersburg, FLAshland, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,218$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,164  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,246$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor404  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for St. Petersburg    56 Reviews

I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as  More

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I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's  More

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Over 5 years ago

True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job  More

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Reviews for Ashland    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Ashland Is by far the best place to live without Living In the city of richmond yes the housing is more but its safer and has THE BEST SCHOOL IN VA. My brother loves his  More

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Where to begin: With a kid in college in this town I have access to all the good and bad opinions. Have you ever heard of Homemades By Suzanne? Great Deli for eat in  More

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Ashland is built around an excellent small liberal arts college, Randolph-Macon College. The school enjoys a great reputation with both Richmond and D.C. offering  More

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