2025 Compare Cities Education:
Westlake, LA vs Canton, GA

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Highlights
- Canton spends 20.0% less per student than Westlake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% lower in Canton than in Westlake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Canton had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Westlake
 Westlake, LACanton, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,872$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,110$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9504573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Westlake    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Lived here for 5 years--nice smaller town outside Lake Charles area approximately 10 minutes north. Affordable housing/taxes etc. We bounced back since Rita--a whole  More

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Reviews for Canton    9 Reviews

My husband and I moved here a year ago after having lived in South Florida for the better part of our lives. We are retired and love it up here. Property taxes and  More

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I lived there for almost 2 years and I loved it. Most of the places to shop for groceries and clothing are about a 10 minute walk. When I lived there the apartment I  More

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Over 12 years ago

Overall, this appears to be a nice affordable town with relatively low  More

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