2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shreveport, LA vs Elk River, MN

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Highlights
- Elk River spends 1.8% more per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% lower in Elk River than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elk River had 7.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport
 Shreveport, LAElk River, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,243$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,077$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5194573
 Students per Counselor342  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Elk River    3 Reviews

The Northstar commuter rail line and the commuter rail station in Elk River (to be completed later in 2009) that will connect Elk River to Minneapolis, and a recent  More

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Over 18 years ago

good place to live and close to the  More

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Over 19 years ago

Small town but growing, nice place to live. Will be getting mass-transit soon, to  More

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