2025 Compare Cities Education:
Houma, LA vs Jennings, LA

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Highlights
- Jennings spends 5.5% more per student than Houma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% lower in Jennings than in Houma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jennings had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Houma
 Houma, LAJennings, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,565$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,609  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,012$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4154573
 Students per Counselor381  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Houma    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Houma from 2 years of age until 61. If you love fishing, eating fried/boiled seafood, and enjoy hot humid weather, this is your town. Except for having easy  More

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Over 16 years ago

Houma has absolutely nothing to  More

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Over 17 years ago

Hot summers; significant hurricanes and tropical storms about once every 5  More

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Reviews for Jennings    2 Reviews

I just recently moved to Jennings and my family and I absolutely love it. The people are amazing and so is the food. We have yet to find a restaurant we do not like.   More

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Over 16 years ago

I moved here from beautiful Colorado Springs, CO. Jennings is between Lafayette and Lake Charles so if you want decent shopping, libraries, movies, parks etc you have to  More

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