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New Orleans, LA vs Signal Mountain, TN

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Highlights
- Signal Mountain spends 44.8% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% lower in Signal Mountain than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Signal Mountain had 12.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans
 New Orleans, LASignal Mountain, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,280$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,730$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6554573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.8%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 Signal Mountain    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Safe, totally non diverse though (99% white), schools are ok but most people here use private schools anyway which tells you that this is an exclusive place in general  More

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We have had a great experience in Signal Mountain, people have been very polite and not nosy at all. The air is clean, there is an extremely low crime rate. Summers  More

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Over 14 years ago

Very nice community on top of Walden's Ridge. Approximately 7,500 people living in both small village/country-side environment. Excellent schools - elementary through  More

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