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Santa Rosa, CA vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 21.3% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% lower in New Orleans than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CANew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 3 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 4 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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