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Richmond, VA vs North Andover, MA

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Highlights
- North Andover spends 30.8% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.4% lower in North Andover than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- North Andover had 10.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VANorth Andover, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,221$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,919$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5304573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 North Andover    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The rural setting of this small New England town lends itself to a healthy, happy, quality of life with clean air and a peaceful setting from the dense population of  More

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hello there, this is a very snobist and "closed" town. People living here for even over 20 years can not call themselves from here since you must have been born here  More

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Over 18 years ago

If you are going to have this form of a website you need to make sure this is updated more frequently. You are WAY OFF on the crime rate in North Andover, There have  More

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