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Elko, NV vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 16.7% more per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.6% lower in Richmond than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  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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