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Richmond, IN vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 65.6% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.1% lower in Providence than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, INProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,238$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,097$16,362$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,951$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0213.3516.23
 Students per Librarian4939134573
 Students per Counselor896390530
 Grade School Educ.4.5%9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.5%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%14.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.0%5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.8%33.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.4%9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Richmond    5 Reviews

do you see any changes no and lot of people don't even vote in this poverty retirement town. most of the educated people have left Richmond and Indiana all together. Be  More

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Over 11 years ago

Richmond is an attractive city for the most part, but for its population there is way to much crime. The police seem to worry more about petty issues like driving  More

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Over 13 years ago

Richmond is a great city homes here are very reasonable to buy. We have great parks. And lots of things to do for a town our size. I was born here so were my parents and  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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02909 02908 02907 02906 02905 02903 02912

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