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Richmond, CA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 1.7% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.1% lower in Richmond than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 10.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, CARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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    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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