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Torrance, CA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 0.0% less per student than Torrance.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Long Beach than in Torrance. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 14.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Torrance

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 Torrance, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8621.8616.23
 Students per Librarian656565654573
 Students per Counselor380380530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.7%80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.3%32.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.9%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Torrance    15 Reviews

I'll admit it, I'm biased. So, I can't say what's a lot or a little without outside sources for the most part. I was born and raised in Torrance. I've lived here for 20+  More

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I have lived in Torrance for 19 years. I was fortunate enough to move here before housing prices skyrocketed in the early 2000's. I live in the middle of Torrance and as  More

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Over 9 years ago

Due to global warming, the climate has gotten warmer longer.  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 TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA
90503 90501 90505 90504
ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total

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