2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Charles, IL vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 26.0% less per student than St. Charles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 54.2% higher in Shreveport than in St. Charles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Charles
 St. Charles, ILShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,271  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor659  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for St. Charles    6 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

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Moving to Saint Charles from Kansas City was quite to sticker shock from a cost of living standpoint. I did do my homework and knew this would be the case, but it  More

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Over 16 years ago

St. Charles, Illinois is a small, trendy river town. It hosts amenities that appeal to everyone. Biking, running, walking, hiking, camping, horseback riding, kayaking,  More

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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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