2025 Compare Cities Education:
Traverse City, MI vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 13.9% less per student than Traverse City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.6% lower in Richmond than in Traverse City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Traverse City
 Traverse City, MIRichmond, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor566  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%1.5%
Reviews for Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Teri · 

Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  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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