2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richland, WA vs Kingsport, TN

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Highlights
- Kingsport spends 43.0% less per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% lower in Kingsport than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kingsport had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WAKingsport, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,662$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,092$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4154573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 Kingsport    22 Reviews

I retired and decided not to have Calif swallow up my retirement money. I like it here, but then, I have friends here. There are some lovely areas along Orebank Road and  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived in Kingsport over 22 years. Beauty abounds around Kingsport, but it is an industrial town with all the odors and pollution that accompany such a town. This  More

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shary · 

When is the last time Kingsport got 9" of snow? This is ridiculous. The last time they did get a decent snowfall they didn't even get 9" and it was record setting so  More

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