2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bristol, VA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 16.5% more per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.3% higher in Richmond than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol
 Bristol, VARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 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 4 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 4 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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