2025 Compare Cities Education:
Flint, MI vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 6.3% more per student than Flint.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.7% higher in Shreveport than in Flint. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Flint
 Flint, MIShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,702  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  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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