2025 Compare Cities Education:
Long Beach, IN vs Plainfield, IL

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 32.9% more per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% lower in Plainfield than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, INPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,939  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14914573
 Students per Counselor736  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.69.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Long Beach    1 Reviews

Great place to live in the Spring, Summer & Fall. On Lake Michigan with Long Beach Country Club Golf course available for membership. Close to  More

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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 12 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 12 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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