2025 Compare Cities Education:
Irmo, SC vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 8.4% more per student than Irmo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.1% lower in Providence than in Irmo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 12.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Irmo
 Irmo, SCProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,952  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Irmo    9 Reviews

I grew up in near Annapolis MD but lived in both Savannah and Atlanta GA for twenty years. Moved to Columbia in 2009 working in IT for SC Dept of Education. Had an  More

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...there's something for  More

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Over 15 years ago

Any thing I should know about  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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