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Richmond, VA vs Glen Allen, VA

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Highlights
- Glen Allen spends 16.7% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.9% higher in Glen Allen than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Glen Allen had 6.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, VAGlen Allen, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$12,871$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$10,642$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$6,489$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4117.2816.23
 Students per Librarian2416674573
 Students per Counselor272360530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%3.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%21.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%43.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%11.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%3.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 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 3 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 3 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 Glen Allen    6 Reviews

Regardless of what review you read, no matter how much money you will save, it really does not count when you know that Virginia (a Commonwealth) believes they can stomp  More

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Over 14 years ago

Glen Allen is a wonderful city to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

we have lived here for almost 24 years and found the area to be a great place to live in general and to raiser the family. there are many things to do withon 20 miles  More

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