2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brookfield, WI vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 25.8% more per student than Brookfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% lower in Providence than in Brookfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 14.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brookfield
 Brookfield, WIProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,133  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor501  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Brookfield    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Overall I believe field is a great place to live and raise a family. Milwaukee certainly has its share of problems like any large metropolitan area. Overall I believe  More

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Over 14 years ago

I love Brookfield for the most part. The Elmbrook school district is amazing and test scores are always above average level. The one downfall of the city is that there  More

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About turn 35, and have lived in Brookfield for 9 years. Brookfield is broken into two parts, city and village, both are very safe- especially when compared to  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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