2026 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Madras, OR

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Highlights
- Madras spends 2.1% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% higher in Madras than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madras had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VAMadras, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,783$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,206$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5134573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 4 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 5 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 5 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 Madras    2 Reviews

I am taking some college classes for business management and one of my assingments was to find out about the ecomony,legal and social issues surrounding opening a new  More

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While I do not live in Madras, Oregon it would be the one place that I would preferr to live. I visited my brother, who lives there, about two years ago. I expected to  More

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