2026 Compare Cities Education:
Long Beach, WA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 25.5% less per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.1% higher in Fresno than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 12.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, WAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,624  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor750  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Long Beach    1 Reviews

Long Beach WA is the highest rated place to live in WA, OR, CA, Idaho, Utah. San Diego is having its annual burn out of wildfires. Residents of San Diego who don't  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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