2025 Compare Cities Education:
Birmingham, MI vs Richland, WA

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Highlights
- Richland spends 23.2% more per student than Birmingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.1% higher in Richland than in Birmingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richland had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Birmingham
 Birmingham, MIRichland, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,710$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,955$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11224573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%1.5%
Reviews for Birmingham    4 Reviews

I have lived here 20 years and have had enough! Too cold for me, other than that I have no  More

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Birmingham has all the benefits of a big city, with none of the negatives. It has that urban feel with a small town charm. We walk to restaurants, library, movie  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very enjoyable, excellent walking community with charming downtown and path through woods by the river. Great selection of dining establishments, mutiple outdoor  More

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Reviews for Richland    14 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

After spending almost 18 years of my life here arriving at age 36 with 2 children and leaving at 53 Richland is a horrible place to live. The medical care as a whole is  More

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Richland has grown a lot and is getting lots of retirees, it has great weather, great food not all chain restaurants, but has them also. the people are friendly, lots  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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