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Beacon, NY vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 45.8% less per student than Beacon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 74.5% higher in Pacific Grove than in Beacon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Beacon
 Beacon, NYPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,643  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Beacon    13 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Forget the negative reviews of Beacon. Those are old and the city has changed so much. Beacon is quaint, friendly, and growing so much. There's so much to see and do  More

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Great shopping they said, cute town, great art, lots of culture, amazing antique stores, fashionable and chic, a home away from home for Brooklyn and NYC denizens.  More

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Over 8 years ago

So this town had a lot of potential and I decided to visit ultimately buying a condo. It was a town in transition 7 yrs ago.....now it is growing into a hipster arts  More

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Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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