2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hilo, HI vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 15.1% more per student than Hilo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.6% higher in New Orleans than in Hilo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hilo
 Hilo, HINew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,564  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Hilo    10 Reviews

If you’re looking at Hilo, then you’re likely being recruited in the medical or education fields. These are where the greatest needs of the community lie, and there are  More

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Over 4 years ago

I enjoyed living in Hawaii County for a number of years, most in Hilo. While Hilo has problems, they are few compared to mainland USA. I never experienced racism by  More

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Over 4 years ago

Too much racism from "native Hawaiians" who aren't actually natives. That keeps me from living in that paradise. I'm this is the "natives" goal.  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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