2025 Compare Cities Education:
Opelousas, LA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 33.1% more per student than Opelousas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.0% higher in Fresno than in Opelousas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Opelousas
 Opelousas, LAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,264  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor698  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Opelousas    2 Reviews

After living in Opelousas, for 18 months I'll respond to changes from my provous post. The 24 Hour liquior sales has been banned, except at the Evangeline Downs  More

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Over 18 years ago

Hello all I'm new to Opelousas, At first When i moved here I was like why did I move here, The Roads are horrible , Infrustructure needs lots of updating (Ex. Water  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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