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New Orleans, LA vs Indianapolis, IN

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Highlights
- Indianapolis spends 29.0% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% higher in Indianapolis than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Indianapolis had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans

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 New Orleans, LAIndianapolis, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,431$14,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687$11,754$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,683$6,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.6517.7116.23
 Students per Librarian22529314573
 Students per Counselor586613530
 Grade School Educ.3.5%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%8.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.2%86.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%18.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%32.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.4%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%1.2%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Indianapolis    153 Reviews

No car? This city is built for cars. Not friendly to pedestrians; the lack of sidewalks is confounding. Public transportation is limited, with a "spoke wheel" layout  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is a response to another review, but everything I say here is true and I have been a lifelong Indy resident and feel this needs said. The only factual part is  More

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Over 3 years ago

Housing is overpriced unless you want to live in a **** hole with cockroaches, mold, cars broken into. There's way too many potholes. Theres a deadly shooting everyday.  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
46254, 46237, 46203, 46222, 46220, 46217, 46235, 46241, 46201, 46234, 27 total

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