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Brea, CA vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 21.8% more per student than Brea.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.5% lower in Providence than in Brea. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 10.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brea

Education
 Brea, CAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$16,362$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2113.3516.23
 Students per Librarian163839134573
 Students per Counselor595390530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.4%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%14.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.5%5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.5%33.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.6%9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Brea    10 Reviews

I have lived in Orange County and Los Angeles County for over 20 years. The cost of living has prompted 3 friends to move to the Central Valley, Oregon and Washington  More

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Over 11 years ago

I loved living here in Brea, CA for over 17 years. It is a great community. For being a small north Orange County city it has a lot to offer. Schools are really  More

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Great city in N. Orange County. Affordable with lots of  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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