2025 Compare Cities Education:
Virginia Beach, VA vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 27.5% less per student than Virginia Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.2% higher in Jacksonville than in Virginia Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia Beach
 Virginia Beach, VAJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,028  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22234573
 Students per Counselor322  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 4 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 6 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 7 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 Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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