2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kingston, RI vs Mobile, AL

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Highlights
- Mobile spends 50.4% less per student than Kingston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 74.3% higher in Mobile than in Kingston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mobile had 9.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kingston
 Kingston, RIMobile, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,769$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,974  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,527$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5794573
 Students per Counselor404  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Kingston    1 Reviews

As home to the University of RI, this wonderful place to raise your family, is then great to retire and enjoy so many wonderful extras. Very much woodsy-country all  More

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Reviews for Mobile    37 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Avoid at all costs weak job market bad schools discrimnation of disabled in workplace and schools , I have lived here most of my life and have been trying to get out  More

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someone freshly graduated from high school with no work experience can pick up a serving job and make more hourly than someone who works in an entry level healthcare  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in that City for almost 12 years I have nothing good to say about it I have nothing bad to say about it People especially the cops some cricket wrong doing  More

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