2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shreveport, LA vs Macon, GA

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Highlights
- Macon spends 22.3% more per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.0% lower in Macon than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 2.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport
 Shreveport, LAUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.24  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor342  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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 Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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