2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ruston, LA vs Magnolia, AR

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Highlights
- Magnolia spends 9.9% less per student than Ruston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.0% lower in Magnolia than in Ruston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Magnolia had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ruston
 Ruston, LAMagnolia, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,189$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,293  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,655$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.05  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6314573
 Students per Counselor611  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Ruston    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Back stabbing little town you want get anywhere with out knowing people or have  More

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Very difficult to find a job here if you’re not hired by the university. When my husband got a job with the university, I didn’t think it would be so difficult for me  More

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Reviews for Magnolia    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Yes, do they still lynch people here? I saw they had quite an instance of that in 1919. Enough  More

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Over 15 years ago

my family and i moved here from shreveport,la to be close to my mom.it was okay for the first couple of months,but after visiting ,mosquito breeding ground logoly state  More

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Over 17 years ago

The city of Magnolia is now building a new hospital called the Magnolia Regional Medical  More

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