2025 Compare Cities Education:
Washingtonville, NY vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 44.7% less per student than Washingtonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.2% higher in Richmond than in Washingtonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washingtonville
 Washingtonville, NYRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor311  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Washingtonville    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

For living in NY, it's not so bad - but the NYS taxes are killing  More

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Over 14 years ago

Nice small town, beautiful mountains, friendly people and easy access to  More

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Over 16 years ago

Even though we have four seasons, there are only a handful of days in each season that the weather is enjoyable. We constantly have rainy, overcast days throughout the  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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