2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Castro Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Castro Valley spends 15.1% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.0% higher in Castro Valley than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castro Valley had 3.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VACastro Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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Reviews for Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 11 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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