2025 Compare Cities Education:
Medford, OR vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 28.2% more per student than Medford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.5% lower in Providence than in Medford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Medford
 Medford, ORProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,411  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor907  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Medford    51 Reviews

Our family moved to Medford in early 2017 and we cannot wait to leave. Every summer since we arrived has been filled with oppressive and persistent smoke to the point  More

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My husband and I semi-retired here in 2014 after considering several around the same size in terms of population. We love the four seasons here as well as the gorgeous  More

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We have lived here for 12 years now and find it to be a great place to live. When I read a post that blames Trump for the homeless population and how, "things will be  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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