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New Orleans, LA vs Marina, CA

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Highlights
- Marina spends 24.7% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.1% higher in Marina than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Marina had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans
 New Orleans, LAMarina, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 3 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 4 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 Marina    4 Reviews

I've lived in Marina for the last 15 years. It is a gray place with old dated looking buildings, no real main street, and is the domain of the slum lord, and the mini  More

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Old Fort Ord is the only affordable housing on the Monterey Peninsula. It's frequently colder here than it was in Oregon. There is finally some local public  More

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Over 19 years ago

I find it funny when I lived here from '91-'01 there were hardly any stores new homes being build to justify staying. Then as soon as I move the city finally starts  More

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