2025 Compare Cities Education:
Salem, MA vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 8.0% less per student than Salem.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.9% higher in Providence than in Salem. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 9.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salem
 Salem, MAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Salem    4 Reviews

I've been in Salem, Massachusetts for a year now because it brought me up here for my husband's job. Salem may be a great place to visit during Halloween but other  More

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Over 12 years ago

My husband and I move to Salem, MA from Long Island NY five years ago and we love it! We kept on visiting for Halloween and we just decided to move here for the hell of  More

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Over 18 years ago

We are family friendly, albeit strange. We celebrate Halloween for a month. Check out the Haunted Happenings  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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