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Miami, FL vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 30.6% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.9% lower in Richmond than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 10.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  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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