2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, CA vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 28.8% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.1% lower in Richmond than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 11.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, CARichmond, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%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 Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 16 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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