2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laguna Beach, CA vs Port Orchard, WA

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Highlights
- Port Orchard spends 15.7% more per student than Laguna Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.2% lower in Port Orchard than in Laguna Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Port Orchard had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Laguna Beach
 Laguna Beach, CAPort Orchard, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,675$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,929$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8354573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Laguna Beach    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

... always great to go home to. But i don't live there now, haven't for 10 years. Beautiful as it is, if you've got wanderlust you're always somewhere else. Avoid  More

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Over 16 years ago

Mediterranean climate, one of the best in the  More

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Laguna Beach is peaceful and beautiful. If you have the money for housing you will enjoy living here. However, during the seasonal Pageant of the Masters and Summer Art  More

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Reviews for Port Orchard    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

A bit boring but still a cool antique  More

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Over 6 years ago

We moved here from Phx, AZ. Big change. Hate being hot. I'm not hot, anymore. I haute snakes and scorpions. Don't have any poisonous snakes here, and no scorpions in  More

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Over 12 years ago

High crime rate. High house prices. High cost of  More

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