2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ridgefield, CT vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 33.9% less per student than Ridgefield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 73.9% higher in Richmond than in Ridgefield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 19.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgefield
 Ridgefield, CTRichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
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Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 5 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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