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Sunnyvale, CA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 16.0% less per student than Sunnyvale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.3% lower in Richmond than in Sunnyvale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sunnyvale

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 Sunnyvale, CARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,401$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,804$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.5914.4116.23
 Students per Librarian65282414573
 Students per Counselor646272530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.8%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.9%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree6.5%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  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 SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
94087 94086 94085 94089
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total

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