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New Orleans, LA vs Bridgeport, CT

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Highlights
- Bridgeport spends 12.5% more per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.6% lower in Bridgeport than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bridgeport had 12.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans
 New Orleans, LABridgeport, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,792$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
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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Reviews for Bridgeport    17 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Bridgeport Connecticut is a beautiful city and a wonderful place to live. I currently attend Central Magnet high school as well as the Bridgeport Aquaculture school and  More

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Over 13 years ago

I left Bridgeport in 1996, after bankruptcy changed it. I left looking for a better place to live. Funny thing is I haven't found it. I grew up in Bridgeport. What I  More

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Over 15 years ago

Bridgeport is the best place ever ive been livin here all my life i love it it aint as bad as people say it it they dont know wat they talkin  More

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