2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cabot, AR vs Ruston, LA

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Highlights
- Ruston spends 50.7% more per student than Cabot.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.0% higher in Ruston than in Cabot. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ruston had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cabot
 Cabot, ARRuston, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,643$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,165  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,457$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4584573
 Students per Counselor376  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Cabot    6 Reviews

Cabot is a bedroom community of Little Rock, but also a bedroom community to LRAFB and a service and businesses community for all the smaller surrounding towns. So while  More

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Over 6 years ago

It is a good place overall. It has lots of fast food places and lots of  More

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Over 15 years ago

Very nice rural  More

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Reviews for Ruston    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Back stabbing little town you want get anywhere with out knowing people or have  More

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Very difficult to find a job here if you’re not hired by the university. When my husband got a job with the university, I didn’t think it would be so difficult for me  More

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