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San Luis Obispo, CA vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 28.4% more per student than San Luis Obispo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% lower in New Orleans than in San Luis Obispo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to San Luis Obispo
 San Luis Obispo, CANew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,063  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.87  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for San Luis Obispo    21 Reviews

MY FIANCEE AND I ARE LOOKING TO MOVE TO SLO FOR RETIREMENT ( NEXT MONTH ) WE ARE BOTH ARTISTS AND HOPE OUR TALENT WILL HELP WITH COST OF LIVING IN SLO!!! ANY  More

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Over 10 years ago

In almost any season of the year in San Luis Obispo, you’ll find the sun shining and the temperature hitting around 70º at some point in the day. With the temperature  More

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San Luis Obispo and surrounding areas are beautiful, great weather, beaches, farms markets, a downtown area full of some of the best bars and restaurants, wine country,  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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