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Shreveport, LA vs Baton Rouge, LA

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Highlights
- Baton Rouge spends 13.0% more per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.9% lower in Baton Rouge than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Baton Rouge had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport

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 Shreveport, LABaton Rouge, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,010$14,703$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934$13,113$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,679$6,974$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.2417.616.23
 Students per Librarian4897174573
 Students per Counselor342260530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.1%87.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%20.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%35.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.7%10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%2.6%1.5%

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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 4 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 5 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 Baton Rouge    64 Reviews

terrible place to  More

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Over 5 years ago

I live hear so i can't say i hate it but i don't like  More

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Don't get me wrong, this is a great school filled with many great teachers. I absolutely love all of the classes I am currently in and have been in. We are taught with  More

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