2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, KY vs Yardley, PA

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Highlights
- Yardley spends 98.7% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Yardley than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yardley had 11.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, KYYardley, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,476$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,886  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,523$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4244573
 Students per Counselor527  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 7 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 16 years ago

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

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Reviews for Yardley    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

I recently moved to Yardley just before the 2005 floods. Yardley is a great town, perhaps one of the best in the whole Philadelphia metropolitan area. Yardley has a  More

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