2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cincinnati, OH vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 36.5% less per student than Cincinnati.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% lower in Richmond than in Cincinnati. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 0.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cincinnati
 Cincinnati, OHRichmond, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor394  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%1.5%
Reviews for Cincinnati    113 Reviews

A native buckeye, I currently split my time between Cincinnati and Charleston, SC. We were considering leaving Cincinnati, but after reviewing other cities, I think  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived in Cinti. and on UC faculty for over 40 years. The best move of my life is to have retired and left Cinti. for Tucson. In academics OSU far outranks UC and the  More

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What Bert has to say is a bit dated. The downtown area has made a great comeback over the past 10-15 years with Over the Rhine once being ranked America’s most dangerous  More

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Reviews for Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 16 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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