2025 Compare Cities Education:
Asbury Park, NJ vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 24.9% less per student than Asbury Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% higher in Providence than in Asbury Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Asbury Park
 Asbury Park, NJProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,256  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Asbury Park    2 Reviews

It's a shame what the city and Madison Marquette is trying to force on its residents. Asbury Park is never going to be a South Beach or a soho. Asbury thrived as a  More

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Over 19 years ago

A fine place to live with beaches, a reviving downtown, culture, music, a relaxed lifestyle, diversity, and an easy 90 minute train ride to New York City. Weather is  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 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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