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Richmond, VA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 32.4% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% lower in Champaign than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 7.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, VAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4113.4216.23
 Students per Librarian2416624573
 Students per Counselor272486530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%4.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%8.1%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 Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 7 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total
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