2025 Compare Cities Education:
Providence, RI vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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Highlights
- Half Moon Bay spends 8.0% more per student than Providence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.2% higher in Half Moon Bay than in Providence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Providence
 Providence, RIHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%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 Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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