2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dallas, OR vs Lake Charles, LA

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Highlights
- Lake Charles spends 8.8% more per student than Dallas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.6% lower in Lake Charles than in Dallas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Charles had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dallas
 Dallas, ORLake Charles, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,842$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,248  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,289$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor567  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Dallas    8 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I have never had such hateful terrible people for neighbors like those at Ceres Gleann. The HOA here acts like a Supreme Court with a bunch of old geezers and hags who  More

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Over 11 years ago

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Over 14 years ago

Dallas has a VERY mild climate- never gets too hot, and it never gets too cold. It is always green and beautiful. Sometimes I get bored and want more EXTREME weather.   More

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Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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