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New Orleans, LA vs Northfield, MN

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Highlights
- Northfield spends 2.1% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.2% lower in Northfield than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Northfield had 9.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans
 New Orleans, LANorthfield, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,007$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9104573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.8%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 Northfield    5 Reviews

The city has nothing really to offer but high taxes and bad streets and sidewalks. Winter is really bad as the city sidewalks are barely passable. You usually can not  More

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For a town of 20 thousand, the amount of cars on the road at any given time is absolutely insane. Residents will tell you it's no secret that the drivers here are  More

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I've lived in Northfield for almost 14 years now, owning my own home here the entire time. I'm originally from the Twin Cities, and moved to Northfield after several  More

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