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Richland, WA vs Astoria, OR

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Highlights
- Astoria spends 65.2% more per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.6% lower in Astoria than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Astoria had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WAAstoria, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,908$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,752$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5104573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Richland    14 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

After spending almost 18 years of my life here arriving at age 36 with 2 children and leaving at 53 Richland is a horrible place to live. The medical care as a whole is  More

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Richland has grown a lot and is getting lots of retirees, it has great weather, great food not all chain restaurants, but has them also. the people are friendly, lots  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Reviews for Astoria    7 Reviews

I’ve lived here for 9 months now. First, what I like: This place is absolutely beautiful, very close to nature, with great beaches, waterfalls, forests, and  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have lived in Astoria, OR for over 5 years and have also visited this town for my entire 60 years. There is no better place in the US to live. My house has the best  More

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Over 14 years ago

I went there to visit during June of 2011. I can tell you that Astoria is a very nice town. Its very green with tall trees on hills and grass very green compare to where  More

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