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New York, NY vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 18.0% less per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% higher in Richmond than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York

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 New York, NYRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,855$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,968$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7514.4116.23
 Students per Librarian1003462414573
 Students per Counselor2598272530
 Grade School Educ.8.9%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.2%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.8%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for New York    331 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 3 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  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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