2025 Compare Cities Education:
Manhattan, NY vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 44.1% less per student than Manhattan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.9% higher in New Orleans than in Manhattan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Manhattan
 Manhattan, NYNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$29,176  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor2153  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Manhattan    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Manhattan is a great place with lots to see and do. Exciting to visit and great to live if you have the  More

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This is the best city ever, it is very welcoming and there is a lot of fun things to do. I have lived her for 2 years now and have already had so many great experiences  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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