2025 Compare Cities Education:
Helena, MT vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 33.2% more per student than Helena.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.2% higher in New Orleans than in Helena. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Helena
 Helena, MTNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,469  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Helena    17 Reviews

I spent 6 months living on a ranch in the Helena valley. This was during the population boom Montana experienced after covid. Helena has some great mountain biking  More

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Over 3 years ago

We transplanted from Southern California 3 years ago and have never looked back! Living in the small unincorporated town of York Montana located in the Helena nation  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 16 years. It is a great place to grow  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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