2025 Compare Cities Education:
Birmingham, MI vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 14.3% less per student than Birmingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.7% higher in Shreveport than in Birmingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Birmingham
 Birmingham, MIShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Birmingham    4 Reviews

I have lived here 20 years and have had enough! Too cold for me, other than that I have no  More

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Birmingham has all the benefits of a big city, with none of the negatives. It has that urban feel with a small town charm. We walk to restaurants, library, movie  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very enjoyable, excellent walking community with charming downtown and path through woods by the river. Great selection of dining establishments, mutiple outdoor  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 5 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 6 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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