2024 Compare Cities Education:
White Plains, NY vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 50.7% less per student than White Plains.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.1% higher in Richmond than in White Plains. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to White Plains
 White Plains, NYRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$31,362$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,367$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$18,180$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7414.4116.23
 Students per Librarian9322414573
 Students per Counselor315272530
 Grade School Educ.6.0%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.5%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.0%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.0%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.3%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%2.2%1.5%
Reviews for White Plains    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The city does a very good job promoting youth sports. They recently upgraded a number of sporting venues including the high school & middle school football fields &  More

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Over 16 years ago

I love living in White Plains there are many activities,reataurants and it's close to New York City.The only draw back to me is the occasional heavy and unpredictable  More

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Over 16 years ago

It's a fantastic place to live and I wish I didn't have to move, but now that I'm looking to buy my first home outside my parents house (which was bought for 122,000  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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