2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, MI vs Sweetwater, TN

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Highlights
- Sweetwater spends 28.3% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Sweetwater than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sweetwater had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, MISweetwater, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,643$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,162  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,637$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5894573
 Students per Counselor617  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

The City of Richmond is surrounded by the much larger rural area of Richmond Township. It has very beautiful old buildings and a two mile long main street. The schools  More

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Reviews for Sweetwater    1 Reviews

We bought our retirement home in Sweetwater in early 2022. We Air BnB it until we live there permanently. Our neighbors take care of our home presently, but the people  More

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