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Denver, CO vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 7.9% less per student than Denver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.1% higher in Richmond than in Denver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Denver
 Denver, CORichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,519  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  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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