2024 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, KY vs Jamestown, NY

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Highlights
- Jamestown spends 135.4% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.0% lower in Jamestown than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jamestown had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, KYJamestown, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,810$25,450$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,886$20,759$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,003$13,818$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3110.7216.23
 Students per Librarian6064634573
 Students per Counselor527290530
 Grade School Educ.3.9%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%10.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.6%85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%18.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%15.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%18.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.2%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.1%0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 15 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 17 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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