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Virginia Beach, VA vs Fort Smith, AR

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Highlights
- Fort Smith spends 11.1% less per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.3% lower in Fort Smith than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Smith had 12.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach

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 Virginia Beach, VAFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,565$12,053$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028$10,197$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,014$5,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4413.3916.23
 Students per Librarian6123414573
 Students per Counselor322374530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%9.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%82.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%24.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.7%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 Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived here for over a year and it SUCKS. The major grocery store is Walmart. And two other grocery stores and they are high price. One Sams Club , one target ,one  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have been here since 2005. The only good thing about Fort Smith is they have 2 Aldi locations. The cost of living might be cheaper but you also don't have renter's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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