2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richlands, NC vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 43.3% more per student than Richlands.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% lower in Richmond than in Richlands. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richlands
 Richlands, NCRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,382  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Richlands    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived in RICHLANDS for 3 1/2 years now and have fallen in love with this little town! I could live anywhere in the US and chose RICHLANDS because of everything it  More

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Over 8 years ago

Richlands gives you quiet country living, but allows you to still be just a stone's throw from Jacksonville. Living here is very affordable we live in a subdivision in a  More

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Over 18 years ago

Lower elementary schools do a fine job with the kids but the middle school is lacking in academics resulting in poor performance for rising freshmen....we moved to  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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