2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ravenswood, WV vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 20.5% more per student than Ravenswood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.7% higher in Richmond than in Ravenswood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ravenswood
 Ravenswood, WVRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor256  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Ravenswood    3 Reviews

The Beautiful Oak Trees that surround Ravenswood High School were planted in 1961 by members of the "Civilian Conservation Corps" and several Distinguished Military  More

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As a student, I was educated in Ravenswood, West Virginia. Ravenswood is an old town, that was initially zoned as a private estate owned by the first President of the  More

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Over 16 years ago

There really isn't anything to do unless your into high school football or willing to travel a half hour or more in order to find something to do like shopping,  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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