2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Portales, NM

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Highlights
- Portales spends 13.4% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% lower in Portales than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portales had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VAPortales, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,386$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,273$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8004573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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