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Seattle, WA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 23.0% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.2% lower in Richmond than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle

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 Seattle, WARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5314.4116.23
 Students per Librarian9892414573
 Students per Counselor455272530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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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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ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total

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