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Louisville, KY vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 30.8% more per student than Louisville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.5% higher in New Orleans than in Louisville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Louisville

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 Louisville, KYNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,618$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,255$13,687$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,769$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1517.6516.23
 Students per Librarian46722524573
 Students per Counselor227586530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%8.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.2%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%21.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.3%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.6%39.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.0%10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.5%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Louisville    32 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in Louisville for 68 years it's one of the best cities to live in. The worse thing about Louisville is how much it has grown. Crime has increased in downtown  More

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Over 3 years ago

I spent a day in Louisville as a tourist. Horrible. Nothing to see. Kind of decrepited. I wished I'd skipped it  More

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Over 3 years ago

Love/miss Louisville! Not to big, not to small. JUST PERFECT!  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 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 2 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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ZIPS IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
40214, 40216, 40299, 40219, 40229, 40272, 40291, 40245, 40218, 40220, 20 total
ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total

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