2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Fredonia, NY

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Highlights
- Fredonia spends 64.7% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.6% lower in Fredonia than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fredonia had 11.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VAFredonia, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,450$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,818$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4634573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%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 Fredonia    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

its gets boring sometimes so you have to make your own fun. cops have nothing to do here so if you come drive careful or expect to get a ticket....great in the summer  More

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Over 17 years ago

Fredonia is a small college town in Western New York State. It is close to Lake Erie. Fredonia is full of tall maple trees and old homes which makes it a very quaint  More

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