2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Goldsboro, NC

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Highlights
- Goldsboro spends 36.6% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.6% higher in Goldsboro than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Goldsboro had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VAGoldsboro, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,806$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,334$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6994573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Goldsboro    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

We have recently moved to Goldsboro and just love it. We moved from another small NC town in the west where we lived for many years. Everyone here is so friendly! Much  More

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Over 8 years ago

It is the military that brought my husband and I to this quaint small town of Goldsboro, and we have lived here for about 4 years now. We consider Goldsboro to be a  More

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Over 8 years ago

Goldsboro is a nice homey place to live. I know a lot of people that move out of the town and come back because there is family here. There is a plenty of beaches to go  More

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