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Seattle, WA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 13.2% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% higher in Long Beach than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 15.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle

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 Seattle, WALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5321.8616.23
 Students per Librarian98965654573
 Students per Counselor455380530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%32.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 4 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 6 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total
ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total

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