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Providence, RI vs Leland, NC

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Highlights
- Leland spends 30.7% less per student than Providence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.8% higher in Leland than in Providence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leland had 15.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Providence
 Providence, RILeland, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,898$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,165$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8104573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Leland    4 Reviews

J · Apex, NC
Over 3 years ago

Possibly a 5 Star Place to live. No concerns about crime in Leland. The only reason I would not give 5 stars would be: town is still developing--so not everything is  More

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Over 11 years ago

Having grown older, I find myself increasingly intolerant of cold weather, but the type of winter weather here mimics that of my home state, Texas, and I hated it  More

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Over 17 years ago

We've been in Leland for almost 2 months now. We really like it here. We transplanted from Brevard County Florida, and we used to commute for everything at least 30  More

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