2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cave Creek, AZ vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 46.3% more per student than Cave Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.0% lower in Richmond than in Cave Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 9.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cave Creek
 Cave Creek, AZRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Cave Creek    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Beautiful homes and area with larger parcels and horse properties. Wonderful people. Low crime. Great climate except 3 months of hell heat in the summer. But you can  More

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Cave Creek is beautiful especially if you make lots of money! It has a mix of down to earth people and affluent show boaters, heavy drinkers and bikers. Very eclectic.  More

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Over 11 years ago

The drawback to living in Cave Creek are the summers. If you can leave for 3-4 months and return in the fall, Cave Creek is  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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