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Folsom, PA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 21.9% less per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.5% higher in Long Beach than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 14.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom
 Folsom, PALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,270  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor323  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Folsom    2 Reviews

Over 20 years ago

Houses are old, small and often not updated, yet people are asking top dollar. Moving further out into Chester and Berks county would afford better housing  More

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Over 20 years ago

Cost has risen drammatically in the last four years, approximately 70%. So a duplex that cost $100K in 2002 now costs $170K+. Add high property taxes and it is  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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