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Shreveport, LA vs Athens-Clarke County, GA

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Highlights
- Athens-Clarke County spends 15.8% more per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.3% lower in Athens-Clarke County than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Athens-Clarke County had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport
 Shreveport, LAAthens-Clarke County, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,066$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,136$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6984573
 Students per Counselor342  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%1.5%
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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Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  More

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