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Shreveport, LA vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 34.0% more per student than Shreveport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% lower in Santa Monica than in Shreveport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 8.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shreveport
 Shreveport, LASanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,934  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor342  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%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 Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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