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Montgomery, AL vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 84.2% more per student than Montgomery.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.2% lower in Providence than in Montgomery. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Montgomery
 Montgomery, ALProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor454  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.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Montgomery    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

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Over 6 years ago

This city is too  More

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Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  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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