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Richmond, CA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 12.4% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.0% lower in Salem than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 11.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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