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Mobile, AL vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 89.7% more per student than Mobile.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in New Orleans than in Mobile. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mobile

Education
 Mobile, ALNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,769$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,969$13,687$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,527$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0417.6516.23
 Students per Librarian57922524573
 Students per Counselor450586530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%8.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.6%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%21.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%39.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.6%10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Mobile    37 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Avoid at all costs weak job market bad schools discrimnation of disabled in workplace and schools , I have lived here most of my life and have been trying to get out  More

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someone freshly graduated from high school with no work experience can pick up a serving job and make more hourly than someone who works in an entry level healthcare  More

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Over 3 years ago

I lived in that City for almost 12 years I have nothing good to say about it I have nothing bad to say about it People especially the cops some cricket wrong doing  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 MOBILE, ALABAMA
36695, 36608, 36605, 36609, 36693, 36606, 36618, 36617, 36603, 36604, 14 total
ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total

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