2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carlsbad, NM vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 17.7% more per student than Carlsbad.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.4% lower in Richmond than in Carlsbad. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carlsbad
 Carlsbad, NMRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,790  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor1089  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  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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