2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pittsburg, KS vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 0.4% more per student than Pittsburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.2% higher in Shreveport than in Pittsburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsburg
 Pittsburg, KSShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,837  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor330  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Pittsburg    7 Reviews

I lived in Pittsburg for several years and am glad I left. I liked the small town atmosphere but the economy was in terrible shape --> and still is very bad. The college  More

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Lack of industry equals lack of jobs. Period. Whether you are white collar or blue collar, jobs folded in Southeast Kansas along with the coal mines, and nothing has  More

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Over 17 years ago

small town, big  More

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Reviews for Shreveport    29 Reviews

The pace of its death is picking up. A place that should be moving forward is following the path of Rust belt cities that died. Downtown has potential, but the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I Love Driving By Shreveport, Buildings do look beautiful, it is truly a great city, my favorite thing is the people. What loses the last star is that I did not visit  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shreveport is dying a slow painful death. If you are thinking of relocating here; I would not advise it. Since moving back twenty years ago, I have watch the town  More

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