2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carson City, NV vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 64.7% more per student than Carson City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% lower in Richmond than in Carson City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 9.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson City
 Carson City, NVRichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,679  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor877  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  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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