2024 Compare Cities Education:
Midland, TX vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 36.6% more per student than Midland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% higher in New Orleans than in Midland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Midland
 Midland, TXNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,962$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,910$13,687$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,541$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.6517.6516.23
 Students per Librarian129622524573
 Students per Counselor401586530
 Grade School Educ.7.8%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.7%8.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.84.5%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%21.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.9%39.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.4%10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Midland    36 Reviews

We came from Central CA to Midland, TX for work. We love this amazing city. People are kind, caring & thoughtful. We love the neighborhood and people ate so giving of  More

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I lived in Midland for 10 years (about 20 years ago) and have returned for family reasons. Have noticed Midland has really grown and is sprawling out along I20 toward  More

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Over 5 years ago

Midland is somewhat of a paradox, people move here for the job opportunities. You live here so that you can make a good living, but all your money goes to the high cost  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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