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Baton Rouge, LA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 18.5% more per student than Baton Rouge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.2% higher in Long Beach than in Baton Rouge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Baton Rouge
 Baton Rouge, LALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,113  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.6  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Baton Rouge    64 Reviews

terrible place to  More

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R · 
Over 6 years ago

I live hear so i can't say i hate it but i don't like  More

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Don't get me wrong, this is a great school filled with many great teachers. I absolutely love all of the classes I am currently in and have been in. We are taught with  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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