2025 Compare Cities Education:
Homer, LA vs Ruston, LA

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Highlights
- Ruston spends 0.6% less per student than Homer.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% lower in Ruston than in Homer. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ruston had 12.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Homer
 Homer, LARuston, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,643$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,457$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4584573
 Students per Counselor425  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.16.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Homer    2 Reviews

I just received an email, which informed me that an elderly black man was shot on his own front porch, during a family gatherring by two caucasian policemen. No one at  More

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Homer has good and bad traits. The good traits are: it's mostly quiet, cheap, nice people, but some are very mean.the bad traits are: poor education, teenagers are  More

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Reviews for Ruston    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Back stabbing little town you want get anywhere with out knowing people or have  More

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Very difficult to find a job here if you’re not hired by the university. When my husband got a job with the university, I didn’t think it would be so difficult for me  More

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