2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairfield, CA vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 46.3% more per student than Fairfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.3% lower in New Orleans than in Fairfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfield
 Fairfield, CANew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,346  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor867  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Fairfield    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 4 years. On the up side, housing is affordable. The downside, there is nothing to do here. The city lacks community events and an a nice downtown. We  More

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Over 10 years ago

I am finding out the cost of living here in Fairfield is way too high for my retirement. I am looking for a place where the cost of living is in line with my retirement  More

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Over 14 years ago

good  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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