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Fort Myers, FL vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 51.0% more per student than Fort Myers.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% higher in Long Beach than in Fort Myers. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Myers
 Fort Myers, FLLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,527  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor557  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Myers    54 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for most of my 30 years. I'm moving my family away in a few months. Here are the reasons: Climate- it's hot. Unbearably hot. And it's going to get  More

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I can't wait for all the replies especially from people that are from Florida or from up North that had to deal with extreme ice and snow. But I can honestly say in the  More

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I've lived in SW Florida on & off for most of my life. When my family first came here over 40 years ago the waterways teemed with fish & wildlife and the beaches,  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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