2025 Compare Cities Education:
Imperial Beach, CA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 5.7% less per student than Imperial Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% lower in Fresno than in Imperial Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Imperial Beach
 Imperial Beach, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Imperial Beach    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

In my opinion, imperial beach is the best place to live. IB is the perfect place to raise a family. It has the perfect amount of the good and the bad.  More

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My wife and I moved here from Chula Vista, CA before we knew she was pregnant, attracted by the opportunity to live right near the ocean; in a small, albeit somewhat  More

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Over 19 years ago

Come live in San Diego's most affordable beach community...Imperial  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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