2025 Compare Cities Education:
Durham, NC vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 75.9% more per student than Durham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.7% higher in New Orleans than in Durham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Durham
 Durham, NCNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,906  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Durham    43 Reviews

I was raised in this city, left for work in the 2010s, and returned in 2018. This city has changed a lot over the years for the better. Growing up there was not a ton to  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in durham for a few years and my experience is coming from someone who has traveled all over the world and has lived in many different states. First things  More

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Over 4 years ago

I live here for my entire life and it has never gotten boring, I love the scenery, nightlife and basically everything here. There is always something new to do and  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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