2025 Compare Cities Education:
Park City, UT vs Lake Charles, LA

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Highlights
- Lake Charles spends 1.6% less per student than Park City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% lower in Lake Charles than in Park City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Charles had 9.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Park City
 Park City, UTLake Charles, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,842$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,556  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,289$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor340  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Park City    12 Reviews

I lived in Park City for 6 years. Vail purchase of resort(s) and capacity reached in school system have caused a real estate bubble, in my opinion, with 500-1,000 per  More

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we have lived there off and on for 27 years and love it in the winter and summer, the muddy months starting in april are not so good but we head back to calif. at that  More

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Over 9 years ago

I like this town  More

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Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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