2025 Compare Cities Education:
Providence, RI vs Richmond, KY

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 41.9% less per student than Providence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.7% higher in Richmond than in Providence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 6.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Providence
 Providence, RIRichmond, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%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 Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 16 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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