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Scarborough, ME vs Providence, RI

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- Providence spends 4.6% more per student than Scarborough.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.7% higher in Providence than in Scarborough. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 14.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scarborough
 Scarborough, MEProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
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Reviews for Scarborough    1 Reviews
Susan · El Dorado Hills, CA
Scarborough Maine is the best.
Over 3 years ago

We moved here from CA. We were tired of the crime and grime of the state of CA. We absolutely love Maine and Scarborough is a suburb of Portland ME and the dang cutest  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews
RICK · Attleboro, MA
LOVIN IT
Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Skyy · Rockford, IL
How is Providence RI?
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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Matthew · Providence, RI
Providence is the most pot smoking city US I've ev
Over 11 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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