2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pennington, NJ vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 37.6% less per student than Pennington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.6% higher in Richmond than in Pennington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pennington
 Pennington, NJRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Pennington    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

It seems like a very nice town, but we since we just moved in, it's too early to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of property taxes even with the recent reevaluation is making living in Pennington unrealistic. Most of our neighbors are moving 3 miles away to Yardley PA where  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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