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Decatur, IL vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 41.3% more per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% higher in New Orleans than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur

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 Decatur, ILNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,460$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,532$13,687$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,704$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8217.6516.23
 Students per Librarian372122524573
 Students per Counselor771586530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%8.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.0%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%21.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.6%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%39.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.9%10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 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 2 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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ZIPS IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS
62521 62526 62523
ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total

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