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Virginia Beach, VA vs Graham, NC

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Highlights
- Graham spends 26.7% less per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% lower in Graham than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Graham had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach

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 Virginia Beach, VAGraham, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,565$9,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028$9,202$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,014$6,180$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4414.6216.23
 Students per Librarian6127444573
 Students per Counselor322368530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%7.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%86.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%21.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%22.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.0%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 Graham    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I am black and a Marine Veteran and why anyone would want to live in Graham is beyond me you could cut the racial tension in the air with a butter knife. In retrospect  More

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Over 18 years ago

I am originally from Overland Park, KS...a suburb of the greater downtown Kansas City Metro area. I am now 32, and up until a year and a half ago, I lived in the Kansas  More

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Over 18 years ago

I was told when I was considering moving to Graham to think of Mayberry 40 years later. This a pretty good description of Graham. It is a very conservative town, where  More

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23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total
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