2026 Compare Cities Education:
Bellaire, TX vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 20.5% more per student than Bellaire.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% lower in Richmond than in Bellaire. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 10.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bellaire
 Bellaire, TXRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree16.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Bellaire    6 Reviews

Some of the staff at West University Elementary let horrible children do whatever they want and treated them like innocent people instead of taking them to the  More

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Over 14 years ago

Great place to have a Business..Close knit community..Very visible Police, but a tidy city... Children's Collections 5219 Bellaire Blvd. Bellaire, Tx 7740   More

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Over 16 years ago

This is a small town in a big city. The politics is narrow. The noise and congestion of the freeway makes being outside uneasily peaceful. I am close to cultural  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 4 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 5 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 5 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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