2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richland, WA vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 42.2% less per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.2% lower in Richmond than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WARichmond, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%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 Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 16 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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