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Norwell, MA vs Providence, RI

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- Providence spends 1.9% less per student than Norwell.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.0% higher in Providence than in Norwell. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 15.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Norwell
 Norwell, MAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,727  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
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Reviews for Norwell    2 Reviews
John · Norwell, MA
Norwell is suburban, not rural
Over 16 years ago

Not sure how the previous comments are accurate. Norwell is a suburban town, not rural.  More

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Donna · Norwell, MA
Country and city combined
Over 18 years ago

Norwell is a lovely, rural town with small neighborhoods, a good range of home prices to appeal to most buyers (not much entry level ie: under $350,000) and easy  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews
RICK · Attleboro, MA
LOVIN IT
Over 8 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Skyy · Rockford, IL
How is Providence RI?
Over 10 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 12 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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