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Columbia, MO vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 8.6% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 73.9% higher in Shreveport than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  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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