re: Why do Louisiana conservatives like TOPS?

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We spend per pupil the 29th-highest, and less than the national average.

Problem is, we get the 50th-highest results.

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other statistics that will make you look twice on those numbers.
Which parish schools in the state qualifies most students quality for TOPS?

Orleans & EBR ranked #1 & #2, and it wasn't close.


Which makes sense when you consider-

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New Orleans has the highest percentage of students attending private schools of any metro area in the country,
found that 25.1 percent of students in the New Orleans metro area attend private school, ranking it first above Honolulu and San Francisco.

Baton Rouge was fourth, with 19.1 percent enrolled in private schools

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private school rates