2025 Compare Cities Education:
Long Beach, NY vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 66.3% less per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.2% higher in Phoenix than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 12.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, NYPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Long Beach    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Long Beach is one of two cities located on Long Island, New York. It is on a barrier island on the south shore of Long Island.We enjoy this calm fun location while at  More

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I moved here from CA 6 years ago and love it here. It is a barrier island which is a part of Long Island off the Atlantic coast, so it is all beach coastline with a  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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