2025 Compare Cities Education:
Morris, IL vs Ruston, LA

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Highlights
- Ruston spends 6.6% less per student than Morris.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.8% higher in Ruston than in Morris. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ruston had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Morris
 Morris, ILRuston, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,643$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,741  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,457$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4584573
 Students per Counselor774  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Morris    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I live in Morris, Il and the crime in our neighborhood has more than doubled in the last year. My husbands car has been broken into 4 times including the last incident  More

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Over 17 years ago

Great Place to live and raise  More

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Reviews for Ruston    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Back stabbing little town you want get anywhere with out knowing people or have  More

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Very difficult to find a job here if you’re not hired by the university. When my husband got a job with the university, I didn’t think it would be so difficult for me  More

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