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Richland, WA vs Cape Girardeau, MO

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- Cape Girardeau spends 38.3% less per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.3% lower in Cape Girardeau than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cape Girardeau had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WACape Girardeau, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,549$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,483$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7724573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 12 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 16 years ago

It's a good mid sized  More

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