2025 Compare Cities Education:
Huntsville, AL vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 56.0% more per student than Huntsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.7% higher in Long Beach than in Huntsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Huntsville
 Huntsville, ALLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Huntsville    53 Reviews

Low cost of living, and all the amenities you need within a short distance. However, the city really hasn't gone through gentrification. There isn't a "nice" part of  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  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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