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Berkeley, CA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 14.6% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% higher in Richmond than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 17.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley

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 Berkeley, CARichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$12,448$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6122.2116.23
 Students per Librarian955575184573
 Students per Counselor603584530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%19.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.1%7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%32.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.2%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  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 4 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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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
94804 94801 94805

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