2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ellijay, GA vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 0.7% more per student than Ellijay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 46.2% higher in Shreveport than in Ellijay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 14.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ellijay
 Ellijay, GAShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,651  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor516  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Ellijay    5 Reviews

I retired after 35 years offshore from Commercial Fishing the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Atlantic in 2009. Moved to Woodstock GA to assist my father in his latter  More

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I have lived here for over 22 years. Moved up from West Palm Beach, lived in Detroit and Chicago. The people here are peaceful and would do anything for you if you  More

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Over 7 years ago

I went to look at land in Ellijay today and notice i did not see not one person that look like me I must admit this my be stupid of me to say but my family and I was  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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