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Louisville, KY vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 11.6% more per student than Louisville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.3% higher in Long Beach than in Louisville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 10.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Louisville
 Louisville, KYLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,255  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor227  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Louisville    32 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Louisville for 68 years it's one of the best cities to live in. The worse thing about Louisville is how much it has grown. Crime has increased in downtown  More

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Over 5 years ago

I spent a day in Louisville as a tourist. Horrible. Nothing to see. Kind of decrepited. I wished I'd skipped it  More

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Over 5 years ago

Love/miss Louisville! Not to big, not to small. JUST PERFECT!  More

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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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