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Dallas, PA vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 8.1% more per student than Dallas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.6% lower in Providence than in Dallas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 14.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dallas
 Dallas, PAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor553  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Dallas    1 Reviews

Love this town...been here my whole life. Close to Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, which are small cities with things to do, but not the most entertaining, cleanest, safest  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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