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North Plainfield, NJ vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 26.1% less per student than North Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 101.3% higher in Long Beach than in North Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to North Plainfield
 North Plainfield, NJLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,559  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor271  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for North Plainfield    4 Reviews

If I can put 0 star I will do it. North Plainfield Borough became a terrible and discrimination city since Larry LaRode was mayor. His policy attacks real estate and  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you don't have school age children, can afford the homes and ridiculous property taxes in the better neighborhoods, work/socialize and do everything else OUTSIDE of  More

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Over 14 years ago

I haven't lived here that long, but it is so-so. Well, really I don't like it that much...but it could be worse...it could be Plainfield. Route 22 is the big highway  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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