2026 Compare Cities Education:
Long Beach, CA vs Nampa, ID

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Highlights
- Nampa spends 52.4% less per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% lower in Nampa than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nampa had 8.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, CANampa, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,302$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,542$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock16094573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Nampa    5 Reviews

We have lived in Arizona (near Phoenix) for 20 years. We are in the process of moving to the Nampa/Caldwell area. Trust me you DO NOT want to come to Arizona for an  More

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Sales tax is one area that it hard to get used to, taxes here are probably average but I was not used to paying sales tax. After I checked it out against other states  More

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Over 16 years ago

Im sure the economy is bad everywhere, but in Nampa, i believe i read the unemployment rate is near  More

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