2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shreveport, LA vs Farmingdale, NY

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Highlights
- Farmingdale spends 140.7% more per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.8% lower in Farmingdale than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Farmingdale had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport
 Shreveport, LAFarmingdale, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$31,321$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,368$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9794573
 Students per Counselor342  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 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 Farmingdale    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Town great, centerally located to all parkways and shopping. Town up and coming with new places to live & eat. Sports oriented town! Great place to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

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I don't really know too much about the cost of living here. I am renting a 3-bedroom house for $2400/month. This is a residential area of neat homes and a business area  More

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