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Richmond, VA vs Martinsville, VA

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Highlights
- Martinsville spends 15.8% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Martinsville than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Martinsville had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, VAMartinsville, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$13,012$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$12,408$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$6,636$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4113.5616.23
 Students per Librarian2419094573
 Students per Counselor272227530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%7.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%88.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%20.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%15.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%22.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%0.9%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 Martinsville    3 Reviews

I've lived here almost 40 years and taught economics in the local community college. Ideally situated between Greensboro NC and Roanoke VA. Low housing prices, crime  More

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Over 12 years ago

We are lucky if we get one snowfall that covers the ground and stays for 1-2 days. Winters are mild with beautiful spring and fall weather. The summers are great but  More

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Over 14 years ago

Boring! Nothing to do, nowhere to go, very scarce on jobs........need I say  More

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