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Richmond, VA vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Kent spends 29.8% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.6% higher in Kent than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kent had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, VAKent, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$14,996$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4118.5316.23
 Students per Librarian2419894573
 Students per Counselor272455530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%87.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%27.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%0.4%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 Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total
ZIPS IN KENT, WASHINGTON
98031 98030 98032

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