2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Washington, MD vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 12.2% less per student than Fort Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% higher in Richmond than in Fort Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Washington
 Fort Washington, MDRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,913  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor338  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Washington    2 Reviews

Excellent area - 15 minutes from DC and Alexandria - 1 exit away from MGM and National Harbor. Great value on home prices! This area is going to also be the home of  More

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Over 13 years ago

I just don't like it here, the people are definitely not friendly at all. At least it is only 15mins from D.C. So there is plenty to do. My favorite place to live would  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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