2026 Compare Cities Education:
Macungie, PA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 21.6% less per student than Macungie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% lower in Richmond than in Macungie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Macungie
 Macungie, PARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,267  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor329  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Macungie    2 Reviews

When I moved here in 1997, this was still a quite little place. In the ensuing 10 years, many people from New Jersey and New York have moved here to escape the high cost  More

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The area in and around Macungie is nice but farms that had been in place for one or two centuries are now ugly over priced homes and condo's. People from the N.J. and NY  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 4 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 5 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 5 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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