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Richmond, CA vs Sonora, CA

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Highlights
- Sonora spends 7.5% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% lower in Sonora than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sonora had 15.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

Education
 Richmond, CASonora, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,192$14,052$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448$11,803$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,565$6,808$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.2119.9616.23
 Students per Librarian751804573
 Students per Counselor584721530
 Grade School Educ.12.2%4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.3%91.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%28.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.5%10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%28.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%1.7%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 Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
94804 94801 94805
ZIPS IN SONORA, CALIFORNIA
95370

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