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2026 Compare Cities Education:
Providence, RI vs Oakland Park, FL

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- Oakland Park spends 37.0% less per student than Providence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.7% higher in Oakland Park than in Providence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakland Park had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Providence
 Providence, RIOakland Park, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
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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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Reviews for Oakland Park    2 Reviews
Dave · Oakland Park, FL
Diverse Oakland Park
Over 2 years ago

I have lived in Oakland Park for 10 years originally from the East coast. What I like about Oakland Park although it is city within metro Fort Lauderdale it still has a  More

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Alicia · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Quality of Life
Over 17 years ago

You are living in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. It's the city, so you get all the good and all of the bad of city life. I'm not saying we are big like NYC or  More

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