2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jenks, OK vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 40.7% more per student than Jenks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.7% lower in Richmond than in Jenks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jenks
 Jenks, OKRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,287  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Jenks    5 Reviews

Good schools, reasonable cost of living, reasonable quality of life. Certainly one of the best spots in the entire state if you are looking for suburban quality of life  More

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Jenks is a suburb community of Tulsa, OK, so there is easy access to all that city has to offer without all the issues of crime, poor public education, unemployment,  More

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As an honors Jenks graduate that witnessed the football championship senior year and parent of children who attended Jenks Schools for 7 plus years, the attitude of  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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