2024 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, KY vs Gary, IN

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Highlights
- Gary spends 20.8% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% higher in Gary than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gary had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, KYGary, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,810$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,886$10,391$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,003$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3116.9916.23
 Students per Librarian6064354573
 Students per Counselor527674530
 Grade School Educ.3.9%3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%10.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.6%86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%24.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%14.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.2%4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.1%0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 6 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 15 years ago

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

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Reviews for Gary    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here for 5 years as a homeless gay drug addict, and I think this place is a real  More

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Over 9 years ago

Been here most of my life left and went to Air Force policies and elected residents are terrible not all there is a few that is really concerned but being that they say  More

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I lived in Gary in 1972 - 1976. I was just a kid but I loved Gary. My family moved to upstate NY and after college I moved to San Francisco, Ca. I will tell you this, I  More

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