2025 Compare Cities Education:
Gary, IN vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 33.5% more per student than Gary.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.7% higher in Long Beach than in Gary. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gary
 Gary, INLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor674  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Gary    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 years as a homeless gay drug addict, and I think this place is a real  More

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Over 10 years ago

Been here most of my life left and went to Air Force policies and elected residents are terrible not all there is a few that is really concerned but being that they say  More

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I lived in Gary in 1972 - 1976. I was just a kid but I loved Gary. My family moved to upstate NY and after college I moved to San Francisco, Ca. I will tell you this, I  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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