2025 Compare Cities Education:
Amherst, NY vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 35.1% less per student than Amherst.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 94.7% higher in Richmond than in Amherst. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 16.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Amherst
 Amherst, NYRichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,132  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor319  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 17 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  More

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Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 5 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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