2025 Compare Cities Education:
Olney, IL vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 1.1% more per student than Olney.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% higher in New Orleans than in Olney. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olney
 Olney, ILNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,485  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor745  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Olney    2 Reviews

Olney is a small slowly awakening sleepy town in Southern Illinois. It is still small hometown USA with a little more opportunity than Mayberry. We have new businesses,  More

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Over 13 years ago

Perfect place to live if you want a quiet place with friendly people and white squirrels. The white squirrels are Olney's claim to  More

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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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