2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lexington, KY vs Providence, RI

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- Providence spends 24.2% more per student than Lexington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.9% lower in Providence than in Lexington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lexington
 Lexington, KYProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,138  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 4 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  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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