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Long Beach, CA vs Arcadia, FL

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Highlights
- Arcadia spends 38.6% less per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Arcadia than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Arcadia had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, CAArcadia, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,424$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7614573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
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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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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Reviews for Arcadia    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Arcadia, is one of Florida's hidden little gems. It has a lot of southern charm, amiable residents, and beautiful homes and ranches. There are many fruit and vegetables  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have a house in the Lake Suzy area of Arcadia.The weather is great.The thing I like most about this area is the diversity.From my house I can drive 10 minutes north  More

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My husband and I plant to retire in Tampa, Florida in two years. I have do some research and found out about some of the natural disaster in LTampa, Florida, such as  More

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