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Richmond, CA vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- Albany spends 17.1% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in Albany than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Albany had 21.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, CAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,192$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448$13,323$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,565$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.2121.6116.23
 Students per Librarian751895554573
 Students per Counselor584603530
 Grade School Educ.12.2%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%1.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.3%96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%10.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.5%4.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%73.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%10.4%1.5%

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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 4 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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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 12 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
94804 94801 94805
ZIPS IN ALBANY, CALIFORNIA
94706

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