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Langley, WA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 13.9% more per student than Langley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.4% higher in Long Beach than in Langley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 17.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Langley
 Langley, WALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,331  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Langley    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

When we moved here in 1981 Langley was a town of 1000 with seven live theater groups. It now has only a few more people and a very active art and theater population.  More

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Over 16 years ago

Langley on Whidbey Island, is north of Seattle and is a bit of an unknown to much of the country. Whidbey is anchored on the north by the only sizeable town (Oak Harbor)  More

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Over 16 years ago

Langley on Whidbey Island, is north of Seattle and is a bit of an unknown to much of the country. Whidbey is anchored on the north by the only sizeable town (Oak Harbor)  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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