2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laurel, DE vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 10.5% less per student than Laurel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Richmond than in Laurel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 18.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Laurel
 Laurel, DERichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,862  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor372  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.16.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Laurel    2 Reviews

In the town of Laurel there are two properties taxes, town and country. Outside of town only has county. In town of Laurel there is city water, sewage and trash with a  More

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Laurel is place I moved to because a house was available at a time when a roof was the most important thing in my life. The people here are snooty for no reason. Jobs 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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