2026 Compare Cities Education:
Hoboken, NJ vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 27.8% less per student than Hoboken.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 64.7% higher in Long Beach than in Hoboken. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 15.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hoboken
 Hoboken, NJLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor429  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Hoboken    8 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Great place to  More

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Over 15 years ago

Hoboken is one of those places that is still overlooked. With Brooklyn blowing up,why not live essentially the same subway-trip from Manhattan without paying city tax,  More

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Over 15 years ago

My kind of  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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