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Richmond, VA vs Aspen, CO

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Highlights
- Aspen spends 63.1% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% lower in Aspen than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Aspen had 11.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, VAAspen, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$25,214$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$20,199$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$11,870$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4112.5616.23
 Students per Librarian2415334573
 Students per Counselor272312530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%1.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%15.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%65.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%6.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%2.6%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 11 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  More

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