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Yorktown, VA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 19.0% more per student than Yorktown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% lower in Richmond than in Yorktown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 12.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yorktown

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 Yorktown, VARichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,987$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,931$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,839$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4214.4116.23
 Students per Librarian2852414573
 Students per Counselor339272530
 Grade School Educ.0.0%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.100.0%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.3.6%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.2%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.5%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.40.5%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.9%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Yorktown    4 Reviews

Economy here is mixed. Zoning is a poorly planned mix of hidden business and houses on the main roads with mixed older dilapidated housing next door to larger, newer  More

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York County, VA offers some of the best schools in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Children tend to score much higher on standardized tests and the graduation rate is higher  More

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Over 13 years ago

The temp's here are wonderful during the spring and fall. They stay around the high 60's to low 80's. The summer's are pretty hot when you factor in the humidity, the  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 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 3 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 3 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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