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Los Angeles, CA vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 6.7% more per student than Los Angeles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.9% lower in Providence than in Los Angeles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 6.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Angeles
 Los Angeles, CAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Los Angeles    242 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

If I could give this place negative five stars, I would. Most of the people here are a giant waste of time. They are liars, manipulators, psychopaths, and sociopaths.  More

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Timothy · 

Even with the high costs of living and the sooty air, I feel there is no other place in USA that has access to oceans and beaches, cultural and recreational  More

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Over 4 years ago

Ahhh where to begin? Long summary so bare with me. Born and raised in this ****hole, after 25 years finally getting close to be able to move state as I dreamed, as I've  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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