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New Orleans, LA vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 36.3% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.0% higher in Shreveport than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans

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 New Orleans, LAShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,431$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687$11,934$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,683$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.6522.2416.23
 Students per Librarian22524894573
 Students per Counselor586342530
 Grade School Educ.3.5%3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%9.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.2%87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%25.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.4%7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%2.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%1.1%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Shreveport    29 Reviews

The pace of its death is picking up. A place that should be moving forward is following the path of Rust belt cities that died. Downtown has potential, but the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I Love Driving By Shreveport, Buildings do look beautiful, it is truly a great city, my favorite thing is the people. What loses the last star is that I did not visit  More

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Over 5 years ago

Shreveport is dying a slow painful death. If you are thinking of relocating here; I would not advise it. Since moving back twenty years ago, I have watch the town  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
71106, 71107, 71118, 71105, 71109, 71108, 71115, 71104, 71129, 71047, 13 total

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