2026 Compare Cities Education:
Richland, WA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 18.8% less per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% higher in Richmond than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 17.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WARichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Richland    14 Reviews

Over 2 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 Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 6 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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