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Virginia Beach, VA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 26.1% more per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.6% higher in Olympia than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach
 Virginia Beach, VAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor322  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 5 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 7 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 8 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 Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 5 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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