2025 Compare Cities Education:
Providence, RI vs Oklahoma City, OK

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Highlights
- Oklahoma City spends 46.2% less per student than Providence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.5% higher in Oklahoma City than in Providence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oklahoma City had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Providence
 Providence, RIOklahoma City, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,014$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,964$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Oklahoma City    78 Reviews

Very high tornado risk  More

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I have lived in this state for 6 months. There are a couple of things to bear in mind when it comes to OK. If you are moving from a state that has been destroyed by  More

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We moved here after living in Oregon our whole lives. Been here for 6 months and live in a middle class neighborhood. If I'm out front of the house someone was always  More

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