2025 Compare Cities Education:
White Plains, NY vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 51.6% less per student than White Plains.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 74.3% higher in Richmond than in White Plains. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 11.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to White Plains
 White Plains, NYRichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,367  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor315  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for White Plains    8 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The city does a very good job promoting youth sports. They recently upgraded a number of sporting venues including the high school & middle school football fields &  More

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Over 17 years ago

I love living in White Plains there are many activities,reataurants and it's close to New York City.The only draw back to me is the occasional heavy and unpredictable  More

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Over 17 years ago

It's a fantastic place to live and I wish I didn't have to move, but now that I'm looking to buy my first home outside my parents house (which was bought for 122,000  More

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Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 5 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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