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Shreveport, LA vs Anchorage, AK

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Highlights
- Anchorage spends 27.8% more per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.6% lower in Anchorage than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anchorage had 8.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport

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 Shreveport, LAAnchorage, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,010$16,628$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934$15,402$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,679$8,961$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.2417.4416.23
 Students per Librarian4894994573
 Students per Counselor342413530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.1%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%36.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.7%9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%1.3%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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ZIPS IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
71106, 71107, 71118, 71105, 71109, 71108, 71115, 71104, 71129, 71047, 13 total
ZIPS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, 17 total

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