2026 Compare Cities Education:
Farragut, TN vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 59.5% more per student than Farragut.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% lower in Richmond than in Farragut. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Farragut
 Farragut, TNRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,352  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Farragut    4 Reviews

We recently were transferred to East Tennessee and chose the Knoxville are, Farragut to be exact, to call home. Not happy about once again leaving my full life to start  More

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HA! John from LA, I have been to LA and the only thing that state has going for it, is having Nick Saban as LSU's coach for a short time and New Orleans. Even New  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 4 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 5 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 5 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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