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

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 6.1% more per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.7% lower in Richmond than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, ORRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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    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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