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Goldendale, WA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 9.0% less per student than Goldendale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.7% lower in Richmond than in Goldendale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Goldendale

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 Goldendale, WARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,976$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,919$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,753$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.214.4116.23
 Students per Librarian249772414573
 Students per Counselor606272530
 Grade School Educ.0.0%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.2%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.5%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.4%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.1.9%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.3%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Goldendale    5 Reviews

GOLDENDALE is loved by a very select, elite, and religious group. I withhold using labels to describe the mentality of Goldendale, but can describe the hostile treatment  More

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Read the two reviews before I made this commentary. The reviews submitted so far are from locals who have survived some economic hard times in the area. Both of these  More

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I have lived here all of my 34 years and its has been a great place to live, raise a family, have what fun there is to have and just to relax. A beautiful place for the  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 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 3 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 3 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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ZIPS IN GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON
98620
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total

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