2025 Compare Cities Education:
Spring Lake Heights, NJ vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 37.6% less per student than Spring Lake Heights.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.9% higher in Richmond than in Spring Lake Heights. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spring Lake Heights
 Spring Lake Heights, NJRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,256  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor304  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.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Spring Lake Heights    2 Reviews

My family lived here for some time and found the town suffocating. We are well educated, and added value to the neighborhood with a beautiful remodel to our home. My  More

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The Spring Lake/Spring Lake Heights area as with much of the Jersey shore is changing. A lot of the older beach bungelows/cotteges are being torn down or having  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 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 4 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 4 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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