2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Stevens, WA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 12.8% less per student than Lake Stevens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.8% lower in Richmond than in Lake Stevens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Stevens
 Lake Stevens, WARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor420  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Stevens    7 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I lived all over the country and the world for 27 yrs and moved into Lake Stevens 12 yrs ago. Absolutely a great place to live! Our 3 girls have done well in the  More

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My family and I lived in Lake Stevens for 7 years (2000 to 2007). It is a nice bedroom community that has good schools (get involved parents), low crime, and an ok lake  More

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10 years ago Lake Stevens was a nice little quiet town. Small town politics created their own megajobs, money, power and infighting. 2007 had a mayoral coups d'etats  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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