2025 Compare Cities Education:
Alexandria, LA vs Shawnee, OK

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Highlights
- Shawnee spends 9.7% less per student than Alexandria.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% lower in Shawnee than in Alexandria. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shawnee had 4.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Alexandria
 Alexandria, LAShawnee, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,222$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,997  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,411$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4714573
 Students per Counselor753  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Alexandria    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I get migraines from rapid shifts of barometric pressure tornado and severe storms in Indiana we can go from 60 to 30 with snow in 24 hours. How does Alexandria compare  More

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Over 16 years ago

Lynette and Lynelle? I knew them when we were children and I'd love to talk with their Mom again. I only remember that they lived in Alexandria.  More

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Over 16 years ago

I live in a great city if you are seeking to raise children. Good schools with low crime  More

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Reviews for Shawnee    7 Reviews

I have lived in Shawnee for almost 4 years. It is a poor town. Yes, it has a Christian University (OBU) but the college does not influence the town much. St Gregory's  More

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I think this might have been ok, but I needed a different approach. I could have rented a place here - had some very open landlords that had some decent, affordable  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've lived in Shawnee for 23 years now and my family has been here since statehood in 1907. I find that Shawnee is a delightful town to live in! It has all of your basic  More

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