2025 Compare Cities Education:
Long Beach, MS vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 77.6% more per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% higher in New Orleans than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, MSNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,480  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor577  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Long Beach    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

There is absolutely nothing to do in Long Beach, MS. Even before the storm, if you don't gamble or party, you're stuck. Also, the weather is horrible, unless you like  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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