2026 Compare Cities Education:
Oak Ridge, TN vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 23.6% more per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.1% higher in Richmond than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 14.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNRichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Oak Ridge    8 Reviews

Overall it's on the positive side. It's pretty boring but it can feel like a real home at times. It could stand to be a hair closer to Western Knoxville.. Melton lake  More

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Over 6 years ago

Oak Ridge is located in beautiful East TN, has excellent public schools, is very safe for families, and is only 15-30 min away from Knoxville.  More

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Marginal, at best. Lack of social and business skills to perform anything but menial tasks. No clue about customer service, business etiquette or basic business  More

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Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 6 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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