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Tampa, FL vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 57.0% more per student than Tampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.8% higher in Long Beach than in Tampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tampa

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 Tampa, FLLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,103$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,438$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,009$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2421.8616.23
 Students per Librarian102665654573
 Students per Counselor476380530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.4%80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.9%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%32.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  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 TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total
ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total

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