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Richmond, VA vs Glens Falls, NY

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Highlights
- Glens Falls spends 76.5% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.3% lower in Glens Falls than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Glens Falls had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, VAGlens Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$27,283$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$21,763$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$14,006$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4111.216.23
 Students per Librarian2414204573
 Students per Counselor272320530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%19.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%13.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%29.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%11.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%0.7%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 Glens Falls    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Glens Falls is a very courteous small city. I read somewhere it is the safest city for its size in U.S. Real estate very cheap ( nice 4 bedroom house for under  More

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I moved to Glens Falls in 2009 from downstate, sucked in by their new facade and tempted by the surprisingly low cost of real estate. There's a reason why this area's  More

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Over 13 years ago

I used to seriously dislike living near here. The town used to be falling apart, with no future, and not much to do. It has changed greatly in the past decade, from  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total
ZIPS IN GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK
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