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Somerset, KY vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 81.2% more per student than Somerset.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.9% higher in New Orleans than in Somerset. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 12.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Somerset

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 Somerset, KYNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,277$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,255$13,687$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,241$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.6417.6516.23
 Students per Librarian50722524573
 Students per Counselor424586530
 Grade School Educ.10.6%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.0%8.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.78.4%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%21.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.2%39.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.6%10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 16 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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ZIPS IN SOMERSET, KENTUCKY
42503 42501
ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total

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