2025 Compare Cities Education:
Burlingame, CA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 24.4% less per student than Burlingame.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% higher in Richmond than in Burlingame. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 16.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlingame
 Burlingame, CARichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Burlingame    4 Reviews

Burlingame is about half way between Silicon Valley and SF. It is a narrow piece of land stuck between 101 and the mountain foothills. Whereas quality of life is  More

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Over 18 years ago

Even being in the top 5% earning bracket of the entire county, one needs to keep your head down and plow through. It is too easy to become obsesesed with the cost of  More

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If you are young and just starting out, this is not the city for you. A tiny condo can cost five hundred thousand in a decent area. I would not advise first time home  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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