2025 Compare Cities Education:
Port Arthur, TX vs Lake Charles, LA

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Highlights
- Lake Charles spends 16.9% more per student than Port Arthur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% higher in Lake Charles than in Port Arthur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Charles had 14.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Arthur
 Port Arthur, TXLake Charles, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,842$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,864  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,289$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor422  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  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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