2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kirkland, WA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 23.0% less per student than Kirkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.2% lower in Richmond than in Kirkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 9.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kirkland
 Kirkland, WARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Kirkland    14 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

12 years in Kirkland. It sure changed but love it. Great waterfront, restaurants, art galleries, public transportation, parks, and schools. And only 20 minutes from  More

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Beautiful water and mountain views, enticing wailing culture, bars, restaurants and upscale shopping. Lived here for 7 years now and lookig to move to someplace sunnier  More

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Over 14 years ago

We are not living in our home in Kirkland at the moment (retired now and moving about) and we miss it. Our home is in a lovely small cul de sac and backs on to a  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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