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Long Beach, CA vs Grand Forks, ND

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Highlights
- Grand Forks spends 5.7% less per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.0% lower in Grand Forks than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Forks had 18.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, CAGrand Forks, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2574573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%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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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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Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 8 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 12 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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