2025 Compare Cities Education:
Louisville, CO vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Philadelphia spends 60.0% more per student than Louisville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% lower in Philadelphia than in Louisville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Philadelphia had 11.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Louisville
 Louisville, COPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,843$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23804573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Louisville    3 Reviews

Louisville, CO has been a tremendous place for our family (2 kids, 9 and 12) to live. Small town living/values with nearly no crime, good locally owned  More

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I've lived in Louisville, Colo. for 11 years [and in the Front Range area, off & on, for more than 33 yrs.]. In my opinion, Louisville is scarcely affordable for  More

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Over 19 years ago

Louisville is a great place to live, it was rated in Money magazine has one of the best places, low crime, high education, community value, sense of pride. Home prices  More

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Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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