2026 Compare Cities Education:
Long Beach, CA vs Kingsport, TN

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Highlights
- Kingsport spends 38.8% less per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.3% lower in Kingsport than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kingsport had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, CAKingsport, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,662$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,092$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4154573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 6 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 8 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 Kingsport    22 Reviews

I retired and decided not to have Calif swallow up my retirement money. I like it here, but then, I have friends here. There are some lovely areas along Orebank Road and  More

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Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Kingsport over 22 years. Beauty abounds around Kingsport, but it is an industrial town with all the odors and pollution that accompany such a town. This  More

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shary · 

When is the last time Kingsport got 9" of snow? This is ridiculous. The last time they did get a decent snowfall they didn't even get 9" and it was record setting so  More

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