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Shreveport, LA vs Iowa City, IA

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- Iowa City spends 36.5% more per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.6% lower in Iowa City than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 11.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport
 Shreveport, LAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor342  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%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 Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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