2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MO vs Richmond, MO

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 20.1% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% higher in Richmond than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MORichmond, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,373$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,184$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8644573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for Richmond    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I moved here a little over a year ago with the hope that I would find a quieter community to live in than suburban Kansas City. I was wrong. Crime is running rampant  More

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Over 16 years ago

I am just bidding my time and firming up plans to get the $~!*%$# out of here. I cannot wait to leave. I have never hated living somewhere so much in my entire life!  More

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Over 16 years ago

Stay far away! The town has dried up since WalMart moved in. There is no downtown any more. The mayor is an idiot. The city council isn't much better. The police are  More

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