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Virginia Beach, VA vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Chesapeake spends 4.5% less per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% lower in Chesapeake than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chesapeake had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach

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 Virginia Beach, VAChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,565$12,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028$12,011$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,014$7,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4414.5616.23
 Students per Librarian6126984573
 Students per Counselor322307530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%24.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%35.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.1%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 Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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ZIPS IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total
ZIPS IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
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