2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Oak Park, MI

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Highlights
- Oak Park spends 1.7% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.1% higher in Oak Park than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Park had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VAOak Park, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Oak Park    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Oak Park for 5 years and have dreamt of escape since year one. This town is an absolute s**thole and the current aims at gentrification are failing. They  More

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Over 17 years ago

Every day I think about living somewhere  More

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Over 18 years ago

I was raised in Oak Park, Michigan and the quality of life there was pretty good. Had a nice park, ice skating rink, public swimming pool,  More

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