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New Orleans, LA vs Great Bend, KS

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Highlights
- Great Bend spends 27.9% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.3% lower in Great Bend than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Great Bend had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans
 New Orleans, LAGreat Bend, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,734$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,488$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4474573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Great Bend    4 Reviews

I've lived in Great Bend my entire life. Most small towns struggle with new businesses and industry. But life is what you make it. We have excellent schools and a low  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have lived here most of my life and have seen many opportunities for Bussiness Growth to help the economy and in 40+ years have not seen much if any growth to boost  More

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Over 17 years ago

Great Bend's economy is failing. There are no jobs and nothing new coming to town. This town is shrinking. The small town cost of living is great, but only if you can  More

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