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Sulphur, LA vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 25.4% more per student than Sulphur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% lower in Providence than in Sulphur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sulphur
 Sulphur, LAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Sulphur    4 Reviews

I am 67 and have lived in Sulphur most of my life. We have experienced 4 major hurricanes in the last 16 years from September 2005 (Rita), 2007 (Ike), Laura in August  More

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Over 17 years ago

Calcasieu is a great place to live but it does get hit by Hurricanes and that is the downside. I live in Sulphur, LA in Calcasieu Parish. There is nothing wrong here  More

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Over 17 years ago

Sulphur is one of the best places I have ever been to and lived. There is hardly no crime. Probley one murder every 1-2  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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