2025 Compare Cities Education:
Concord, NH vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 25.5% less per student than Concord.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.3% higher in Richmond than in Concord. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Concord
 Concord, NHRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,017  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Concord    8 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

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Over 16 years ago

NO, NE is weird, in general.. They have 2 friends and die.. I lived in R.I. and I called it the home of the odd lots...NE needs to be in its own entity, way up there by  More

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Over 17 years ago

Concord is a smaller new England town that has easy access to a wealth of natural resources. The fall is amazing and there certainly is plenty of winter to  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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