2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sonoma, CA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 9.8% less per student than Sonoma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% higher in Richmond than in Sonoma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 14.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonoma
 Sonoma, CARichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Sonoma    12 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I love Sonoma. Moved here from Texas and I can't wait to live in this small town with country living all around. I hate all the drama and crime in Vallejo. I live in  More

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I have lived in Sonoma for 3 years now. I relocated after a brief stint in Salt Lake City but lived in San Francisco for 30 years before that. If you like small town  More

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The best aspects of living in Sonoma County,CA: Air quality is best that one can ask for and there is no severe weather. No hazardous weather driving or walking  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 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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