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Los Angeles, CA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 12.8% less per student than Los Angeles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% higher in Richmond than in Los Angeles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Angeles

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 Los Angeles, CARichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$12,448$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8622.2116.23
 Students per Librarian656575184573
 Students per Counselor380584530
 Grade School Educ.13.1%12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.78.4%79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%19.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.3%7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.2%32.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.1%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.5%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Los Angeles    242 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If I could give this place negative five stars, I would. Most of the people here are a giant waste of time. They are liars, manipulators, psychopaths, and sociopaths.  More

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Timothy · 

Even with the high costs of living and the sooty air, I feel there is no other place in USA that has access to oceans and beaches, cultural and recreational  More

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Over 3 years ago

Ahhh where to begin? Long summary so bare with me. Born and raised in this ****hole, after 25 years finally getting close to be able to move state as I dreamed, as I've  More

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Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 4 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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ZIPS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
90011, 91331, 91342, 90044, 91335, 91402, 90003, 90026, 90019, 91343, 107 total
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
94804 94801 94805

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