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Richmond, VA vs South Bend, IN

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Highlights
- South Bend spends 17.7% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.0% higher in South Bend than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Bend had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, VASouth Bend, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$12,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$10,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$6,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4115.2816.23
 Students per Librarian2418994573
 Students per Counselor272326530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%8.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%20.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%29.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%2.2%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 South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total
ZIPS IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
46614 46628 46615 46613 46617 46601 46616

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