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Norristown, PA vs Providence, RI

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- Providence spends 18.6% less per student than Norristown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% higher in Providence than in Norristown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Norristown
 Norristown, PAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,843  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
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Reviews for Norristown    2 Reviews
Fred · Voorhees, NJ
Intended relocation
Over 16 years ago

No review yet, rather a preview: We are looking to relocate from Hong Kong to Philadelphia or its environs and, via Internet sources, we get the impression that  More

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Paul Greco · Norristown, PA
"Hollywood is coming to Norristown"
Over 17 years ago

Keep an eye out here for news of the(10 sound stage) Movie Studio coming to Norristown. Norristown Real Estate values are on the rise(Zillow.com)and may go even higher,  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews
RICK · Attleboro, MA
LOVIN IT
Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Skyy · Rockford, IL
How is Providence RI?
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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Matthew · Providence, RI
Providence is the most pot smoking city US I've ev
Over 11 years ago

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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