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Tampa, FL vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 84.0% more per student than Tampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% higher in New Orleans than in Tampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tampa

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 Tampa, FLNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,103$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,438$13,687$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,009$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2417.6516.23
 Students per Librarian102622524573
 Students per Counselor476586530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%8.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.4%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%21.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.9%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%39.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  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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ZIPS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total
ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total

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