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Friday Harbor, WA vs Long Beach, WA

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- Long Beach spends 6.7% more per student than Friday Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in Long Beach than in Friday Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Friday Harbor
 Friday Harbor, WALong Beach, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,704$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,789  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,604$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock43854573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Friday Harbor    2 Reviews

Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

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I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    1 Reviews

Long Beach WA is the highest rated place to live in WA, OR, CA, Idaho, Utah. San Diego is having its annual burn out of wildfires. Residents of San Diego who don't  More

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