2025 Compare Cities Education:
Henderson, NV vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 52.1% more per student than Henderson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% lower in Long Beach than in Henderson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 14.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Henderson
 Henderson, NVLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Henderson    53 Reviews

Lived here for 3 long years. Besides the laziest people in this pathetic work force, the wind in pretty constant all year. 40 mph is not unusual. Due to the lack of  More

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I grew up in this fast growing town and it feels like home. When my family first moved here in 2003, there was empty land and not a lot of people, but now it feels like  More

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We currently live in Henderson and I am less than impressed. We moved here from Washington State, so we're used to really friendly people and courteous drivers. People  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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