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Virginia Beach, VA vs Anchorage, AK

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Highlights
- Anchorage spends 22.6% more per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% higher in Anchorage than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anchorage had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach

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 Virginia Beach, VAAnchorage, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,565$16,628$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028$15,402$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,014$8,961$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4417.4416.23
 Students per Librarian6124994573
 Students per Counselor322413530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%36.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 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 5 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 6 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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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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ZIPS IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total
ZIPS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, 17 total

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