2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Cloud, MN vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 28.6% more per student than St. Cloud.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% higher in New Orleans than in St. Cloud. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Cloud
 St. Cloud, MNNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,837  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor478  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for St. Cloud    11 Reviews

The scenery and the water is amazing here affordable living for retired people  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived here previously, have friends that still do. i don't know why anyone stays. It is the armpit of the state. Smaller town, so everyone knows everyone and is in your  More

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Over 8 years ago

A Stabbing happened at a local mall. I would not recommend the school district either. I heard about bullying in the schools too. I would not recommend living in the  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 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 3 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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