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California City, CA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 1.6% more per student than California City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.3% lower in Richmond than in California City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 13.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to California City

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 California City, CARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,207$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,833$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,403$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6314.4116.23
 Students per Librarian352992414573
 Students per Counselor764272530
 Grade School Educ.6.9%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.16.0%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.77.0%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.0%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.7%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.5%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for California City    6 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

My husband and I moved here in Nov 2014 from San Bernardino and we moved here for one reason, we got an enormous house with lots of land and no neighbors for $64,200. No  More

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California City, CA is a wonderful diverse community that is ever growing, in population and home values. Living here over many months and researching here over 4  More

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Over 8 years ago

Living in Cal City 5+ years I can say this: There are nicer areas than others and I lucked out. My street is quiet, have had no problems and neighbors are nice. There  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 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 3 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 3 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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ZIPS IN CALIFORNIA CITY, CALIFORNIA
93505
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total

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