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Washington, DC vs Colonial Heights, VA

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- Colonial Heights spends 53.3% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% higher in Colonial Heights than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colonial Heights had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCColonial Heights, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,155$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,350$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9294573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for Colonial Heights    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

If you are new to this area you may want to pick another school. The faculty and staff are very CLICKY at this school. You have to "be in the in crowd", in order to  More

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Over 16 years ago

I think small southern cities are a bit more nosy and stuffy than other parts of the  More

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Over 17 years ago

I am considering re-locating to Virginia. The only city my family and I actually visited was Roanoke. We liked it very much, but I need to know if the Richmond area has  More

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