2026 Compare Cities Education:
Oakland Park, FL vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 29.6% more per student than Oakland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.7% higher in Richmond than in Oakland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 10.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oakland Park
 Oakland Park, FLRichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Oakland Park    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in Oakland Park for 10 years originally from the East coast. What I like about Oakland Park although it is city within metro Fort Lauderdale it still has a  More

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Over 17 years ago

You are living in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. It's the city, so you get all the good and all of the bad of city life. I'm not saying we are big like NYC or  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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