2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yorktown, VA vs Hopewell, VA

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Highlights
- Hopewell spends 2.6% less per student than Yorktown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% lower in Hopewell than in Yorktown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hopewell had 14.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yorktown
 Yorktown, VAHopewell, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,653$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,931  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,853$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10194573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.3.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Yorktown    4 Reviews

Economy here is mixed. Zoning is a poorly planned mix of hidden business and houses on the main roads with mixed older dilapidated housing next door to larger, newer  More

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York County, VA offers some of the best schools in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Children tend to score much higher on standardized tests and the graduation rate is higher  More

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Over 14 years ago

The temp's here are wonderful during the spring and fall. They stay around the high 60's to low 80's. The summer's are pretty hot when you factor in the humidity, the  More

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Reviews for Hopewell    2 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I find it interesting. That a racist comments were posted by Tarrah. Yet when I tried to respond to her comment the site would not allow me to. Yes Hopewell, like other  More

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Over 18 years ago

I have lived here for about 8 months, and as far as I am concerned, the only good thing about this place is the schools. I work 25 minutes away in Richmond, because I  More

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