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New Orleans, LA vs Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- Tucson spends 47.4% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% lower in Tucson than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tucson had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans

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 New Orleans, LATucson, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,431$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687$8,897$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,683$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.6516.6616.23
 Students per Librarian225214474573
 Students per Counselor586519530
 Grade School Educ.3.5%5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%8.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.2%86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%25.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%28.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.4%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%1.8%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 Tucson    286 Reviews

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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Almost eight years and this place still hasn't grown on me. Or my spouse. The summers are oppressive, and the winters (thanks, climate change!) are now wet even though  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN TUCSON, ARIZONA
85710, 85706, 85705, 85719, 85713, 85756, 85711, 85730, 85745, 85712, 21 total

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