2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cambridge, MD vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 11.9% more per student than Cambridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.0% higher in New Orleans than in Cambridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cambridge
 Cambridge, MDNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,794  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor241  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Cambridge    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

This city is a white male mecca, rampant racism and sexism are to be found here. Little else. Poor schools. No jobs. Large  More

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The politics and the taxes make living in Cambridge terrible. Property values are depressed because the taxes are too high. Not enough people paying heir own way or fair  More

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Over 16 years ago

Cambridge, Maryland offers many places to own a second home or retirement location with utilities and infrastructure to support many new people. Cambridge is about  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 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 3 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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