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Santa Rosa, CA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 9.8% less per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% higher in Richmond than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa

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 Santa Rosa, CARichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$12,448$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8222.2116.23
 Students per Librarian1424075184573
 Students per Counselor399584530
 Grade School Educ.8.1%12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.5%79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%19.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%32.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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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 4 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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ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
94804 94801 94805

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