2024 Compare Cities Education:
Simi Valley, CA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 8.4% more per student than Simi Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.0% lower in Richmond than in Simi Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Simi Valley
 Simi Valley, CARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,254$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,617$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.0214.4116.23
 Students per Librarian291282414573
 Students per Counselor454272530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.5%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.8%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.1%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Simi Valley    22 Reviews

I've live in two different neighborhoods since fall of 1996 and depending on the neighborhood you're quality of life experience will vary. The price of housing is such  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Simi Valley for 23 Years. I love it here but due to the cost of living am looking to relocate to another state/City where my money will go further. Simi  More

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Over 15 years ago

simi valley is a very nice place to live within the shadow of the LA metro area. it has low crime and reasonable housing costs with ready access to indoor and outdoor  More

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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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