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Edwardsville, IL vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 25.0% more per student than Edwardsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.7% higher in Long Beach than in Edwardsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 16.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Edwardsville
 Edwardsville, ILLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,569  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor1054  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Edwardsville    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Edwardsville is a great town that is growing rapidly. The school district is one of the best in the area, it is the home of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,  More

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Over 19 years ago

Lovely little town with over 75 miles of gorgeous, well maintained, wooded bike trails. Recreational biker's dream  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 6 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 8 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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