2025 Compare Cities Education:
Woodstock, VA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 20.5% more per student than Woodstock.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% higher in Richmond than in Woodstock. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Woodstock
 Woodstock, VARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,065  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2414573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Woodstock    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

This area, including Shenandoah county, has hot humid summers and mild to cold winters. Major snowstorms, 1' - 2', occur only about every 10 - 15 years. Local  More

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Woodstock is a small town and growing more every day. The cost of living seems less than any other part of  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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