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

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Highlights
- Providence spends 14.0% less per student than Watertown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% higher in Providence than in Watertown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Watertown
 Watertown, NYProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,280  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor277  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 17 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the town  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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