2024 Compare Cities Education:
Lewisburg, PA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 18.5% less per student than Lewisburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.6% higher in Richmond than in Lewisburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lewisburg
 Lewisburg, PARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,957$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,993$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,170$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.6814.4116.23
 Students per Librarian3712414573
 Students per Counselor285272530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.0%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.1%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.3%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.7%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.2%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.0%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.2%2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Lewisburg    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Within the last 10 years Lewisburg and Milton have seen a demographic change due to African Americans and Hispanics moving into the area. Most of the residents are rude  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Lewisburg for 6 years. I moved here from an area with a higher population and crime rate. Central Pennsylvania has beautiful rolling mountains, the  More

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Over 16 years ago

Lewisburg is a wonderful place to raise a family. The cost of living is reasonable, downtown Lewisburg is thriving and captures the small town feel of friendly neighbors  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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