2025 Compare Cities Education:
Springfield, OR vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 25.8% less per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.7% lower in Richmond than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, ORRichmond, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%1.5%
Reviews for Springfield    5 Reviews

When I moved to Springfield with my family, we came from the north so didn't we didn't experience the scathing hatred Californians might encounter. Even so, not being a  More

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I lived her from Sept 2012 to Dec 2018. It was ok at first. Over the years the whole area has become.more and more unfriendly to moderate democrats, centrist or  More

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Over 14 years ago

How is it in Springfield ? Is it hard to get started in that town? How is the work  More

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Reviews for Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 16 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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