2024 Compare Cities Education:
Phoenix, AZ vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 46.3% more per student than Phoenix.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.0% lower in Richmond than in Phoenix. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Phoenix
 Phoenix, AZRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2414.4116.23
 Students per Librarian23482414573
 Students per Counselor718272530
 Grade School Educ.8.2%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.5%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.6%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  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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