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Richland, WA vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Tuscaloosa spends 36.7% less per student than Richland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% lower in Tuscaloosa than in Richland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tuscaloosa had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richland
 Richland, WATuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,846$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,597$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5284573
 Students per Counselor411  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%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 Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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