2026 Compare Cities Education:
Pleasant Grove, UT vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 57.2% more per student than Pleasant Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.0% lower in Richmond than in Pleasant Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pleasant Grove
 Pleasant Grove, UTRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,485  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor556  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Pleasant Grove    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

close to good biking  More

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Pleasant Grove has a small-town feel, but is very near to the large cities of Provo, Orem, and American Fork, with SLC just about 45 min away. It is a lovely, clean town  More

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Over 18 years ago

One of the reasons I moved to Pleasant Grove is minimal traffic. There are some tough spots, but mostly little traffic, no traffic jams and almost no  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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