2025 Compare Cities Education:
Queensbury, NY vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 31.8% less per student than Queensbury.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.2% higher in Providence than in Queensbury. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Queensbury
 Queensbury, NYProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,763  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor320  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Queensbury    5 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived here since October 2021, and I can’t wait to leave. This place is beyond boring. There aren’t many stores, and the mall they have is a run-down ghost town.  More

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Don't take it for granted. I was born(1980) and raised in Queensbury til 1998. I thought that the Glens Falls area sucked until I moved to Manchester NH. At first it  More

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Over 12 years ago

New York is too  More

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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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