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New Orleans, LA vs Laguna Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Laguna Beach spends 25.2% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.5% higher in Laguna Beach than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Laguna Beach had 10.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans
 New Orleans, LALaguna Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%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 Laguna Beach    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

... always great to go home to. But i don't live there now, haven't for 10 years. Beautiful as it is, if you've got wanderlust you're always somewhere else. Avoid  More

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Over 16 years ago

Mediterranean climate, one of the best in the  More

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Laguna Beach is peaceful and beautiful. If you have the money for housing you will enjoy living here. However, during the seasonal Pageant of the Masters and Summer Art  More

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