2026 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 0.5% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.8% higher in Pacific Grove than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 9.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%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.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%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 Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 20 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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