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Lake Bluff, IL vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 28.7% less per student than Lake Bluff.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.2% higher in Long Beach than in Lake Bluff. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 18.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Bluff
 Lake Bluff, ILLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.78.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Bluff    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Overall, Lake Bluff is an excellent village to raise a family. The schools are competitive and crime is non existent. The town is more like a resort with natural beauty  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've grown up in Lake Bluff and still currently reside there after twenty three years. After years of education in the school district, I've come to realize its very  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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