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Conway, AR vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 44.5% more per student than Conway.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Richmond than in Conway. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Conway

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 Conway, ARRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,697$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,343$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,319$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3114.4116.23
 Students per Librarian5192414573
 Students per Counselor384272530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.3%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.3%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Conway    13 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I have been a resident in Conway most of my life. Conway is a nice college town. The humidity can be really intense at times. Summers can be quite miserable with high  More

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We moved to Conway from the Dallas, Texas area in 2010. Housing is more affordable here in Conway due to the dramatically lower real estate taxes. There are many more  More

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It is young - 26.8 median age It is smart - 3 colleges, 36% of the pop has a college degree It is affordable - 86.3 index It is convenient - 30 minutes from LR.  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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