2025 Compare Cities Education:
Providence, RI vs Bloomington, IN

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 26.5% less per student than Providence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% higher in Bloomington than in Providence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 12.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Providence
 Providence, RIBloomington, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,668$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,286$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7914573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%1.5%
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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Reviews for Bloomington    25 Reviews

I have lived here for almost 23 years. Wonderful, cosmopolitan, safe, cultural, liberal, all-inclusive town, with plenty of arts, shopping, sports events and activities,  More

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Over 5 years ago

The city government of Bloomington is very famous for its corruption. The police of this city are famous for their inactivity and lack of professionalism. The judges  More

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Over 6 years ago

Terrible. There is nothing good about Bloomington, IN. Don’t live there. As for Catalent, there is one of those in my home town Woodstock, IL. It’s a pharmaceutical  More

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