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Athens-Clarke County, GA vs Long Beach, CA

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- Long Beach spends 15.7% more per student than Athens-Clarke County.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% lower in Long Beach than in Athens-Clarke County. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 10.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens-Clarke County
 Athens-Clarke County, GALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,771  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor283  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  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 5 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 7 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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