2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grass Valley, CA vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 16.4% less per student than Grass Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.6% lower in Providence than in Grass Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grass Valley
 Grass Valley, CAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,261  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  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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