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Long Beach, CA vs Brea, CA

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Highlights
- Brea spends 12.3% less per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% higher in Brea than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brea had 15.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach

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 Long Beach, CABrea, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8623.2116.23
 Students per Librarian6565163834573
 Students per Counselor380595530
 Grade School Educ.11.8%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.80.6%93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%21.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%49.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%3.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%2.0%1.5%

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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 4 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 6 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 Brea    10 Reviews

I have lived in Orange County and Los Angeles County for over 20 years. The cost of living has prompted 3 friends to move to the Central Valley, Oregon and Washington  More

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Over 11 years ago

I loved living here in Brea, CA for over 17 years. It is a great community. For being a small north Orange County city it has a lot to offer. Schools are really  More

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Great city in N. Orange County. Affordable with lots of  More

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ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total
ZIPS IN BREA, CALIFORNIA
92821 92823

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