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Homewood, AL vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 17.1% more per student than Homewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.4% lower in Richmond than in Homewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Homewood

Education
 Homewood, ALRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,194$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,493$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.3214.4116.23
 Students per Librarian5472414573
 Students per Counselor417272530
 Grade School Educ.1.2%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.2%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.5%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.2%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.7%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.6%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Homewood    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

LIVING IS EASY, GREAT SCHOOLS, GREAT CHURCHES, GOOD PEOPLE. MORE GOVERMENT SERVICE THAN ANY TOWN IN THE  More

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Over 16 years ago

Homewood Alabama is a small town in a big city. We have close knit neighborhoods, great schools and fine restaurants all within a very small  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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