2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, CA vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 4.8% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% lower in Bend than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 20.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, CABend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
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 5 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 Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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