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

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 11.7% less per student than Homer.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% higher in Shreveport than in Homer. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 7.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Homer
 Homer, LAShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor425  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.16.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 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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