2025 Compare Cities Education:
Little Rock, AR vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 49.9% more per student than Little Rock.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% higher in New Orleans than in Little Rock. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Little Rock
 Little Rock, ARNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,202  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Little Rock    59 Reviews

I grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and moved to Little Rock in 2007. I decided to move out of state in 2014, but I definitely enjoyed my time in Little Rock. It is  More

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Little Rock is a city that I thoroughly researched before moving to, but nothing prepared me for the hills! They're even steeper than San Francisco, and they're  More

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After leaving critical reviews for a LOT of different cities, I finally found my home. Before moving to Little Rock, I had researched nearly every medium/big city in the  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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