2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, IN vs Plainfield, IL

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 61.7% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% lower in Plainfield than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 11.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, INPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,097  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14914573
 Students per Counselor896  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    5 Reviews

do you see any changes no and lot of people don't even vote in this poverty retirement town. most of the educated people have left Richmond and Indiana all together. Be  More

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Over 12 years ago

Richmond is an attractive city for the most part, but for its population there is way to much crime. The police seem to worry more about petty issues like driving  More

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Over 14 years ago

Richmond is a great city homes here are very reasonable to buy. We have great parks. And lots of things to do for a town our size. I was born here so were my parents and  More

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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 12 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 12 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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