2025 Compare Cities Education:
Morro Bay, CA vs Providence, RI

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- Providence spends 17.0% more per student than Morro Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.0% lower in Providence than in Morro Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Morro Bay
 Morro Bay, CAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,063  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.87  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Morro Bay    2 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Morro Bay is mostly a small,quiet,working fishing and retirement community.It is located approximately 12 miles north of San Luis Obispo,Ca.The weather here is mild most  More

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Beautiful area, right on the ocean, cool huge rock in the water. I love the small, walkable community and the farmers market is awesome. The temperature is always  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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