2026 Compare Cities Education:
Signal Mountain, TN vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 37.0% more per student than Signal Mountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% lower in Richmond than in Signal Mountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Signal Mountain
 Signal Mountain, TNRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,814  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Signal Mountain    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Safe, totally non diverse though (99% white), schools are ok but most people here use private schools anyway which tells you that this is an exclusive place in general  More

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We have had a great experience in Signal Mountain, people have been very polite and not nosy at all. The air is clean, there is an extremely low crime rate. Summers  More

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Over 15 years ago

Very nice community on top of Walden's Ridge. Approximately 7,500 people living in both small village/country-side environment. Excellent schools - elementary through  More

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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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