2025 Compare Cities Education:
Vancouver, WA vs Shreveport, LA

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Highlights
- Shreveport spends 31.9% less per student than Vancouver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.7% higher in Shreveport than in Vancouver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shreveport had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Vancouver
 Vancouver, WAShreveport, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4894573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  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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