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Centreville, VA vs Providence, RI

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- Providence spends 5.9% more per student than Centreville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.3% lower in Providence than in Centreville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Centreville
 Centreville, VAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor273  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
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Reviews for Centreville    8 Reviews
Barry · Centreville, VA
Centreville = Taxes
Over 2 years ago

Taxes are complete outrageous. Services are criminals with items such as electricity that resemble a Centreville, Virginia gets a BestPlaces Cost of Living score of  More

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Colibri · Centreville, VA
Good Economy
Over 13 years ago

Good  More

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Bob · Centreville, VA
Centreville VA
Over 14 years ago

It's a great place to live way better then  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews
RICK · Attleboro, MA
LOVIN IT
Over 8 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Skyy · Rockford, IL
How is Providence RI?
Over 10 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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Matthew · Providence, RI
Providence is the most pot smoking city US I've ev
Over 12 years ago

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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