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Southborough, MA vs Richland, WA

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Highlights
- Richland spends 5.2% less per student than Southborough.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 57.1% higher in Richland than in Southborough. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richland had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Southborough
 Southborough, MARichland, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,710$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,667  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,955$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11224573
 Students per Counselor379  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%1.5%
Reviews for Southborough    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

My son has been a student at Fay School for 7 years and is now in the lower school. He is thriving at Fay academically, socially, and in the athletics program. I  More

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Over 8 years ago

As an alum of Fay, I can say that my experiences there have shaped my life forever. During the years that I spent at Fay, I became a more confident student, person and  More

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Over 8 years ago

Fay School has provided a rigorous and supportive environment. In addition to the academic challenge, students are encouraged to participate in extra-curricular  More

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Reviews for Richland    14 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

After spending almost 18 years of my life here arriving at age 36 with 2 children and leaving at 53 Richland is a horrible place to live. The medical care as a whole is  More

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Richland has grown a lot and is getting lots of retirees, it has great weather, great food not all chain restaurants, but has them also. the people are friendly, lots  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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