2026 Compare Cities Education:
Newell, SD vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 48.1% more per student than Newell.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.6% higher in Richmond than in Newell. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Newell
 Newell, SDRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,439  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor648  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Newell    1 Reviews

We recently spent some time in South Dakota and enjoyed it very much. We crossed paths with really nice people in Rapid City and Spearfish. Newell had some nice people  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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