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Richland, WA vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 1.7% less per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% higher in Sunnyvale than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WASunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%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 Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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