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Houston, TX vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 20.5% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% lower in Richmond than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8214.4116.23
 Students per Librarian14702414573
 Students per Counselor473272530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  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 HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total

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