2024 Compare Cities Education:
Shreveport, LA vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Dothan spends 10.9% less per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.7% lower in Dothan than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport
 Shreveport, LADothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,010$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934$10,100$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,679$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.2420.0816.23
 Students per Librarian4896534573
 Students per Counselor342442530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.1%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%27.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.7%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%0.8%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 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 Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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