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Osceola, IA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 16.7% less per student than Osceola.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 83.1% higher in Long Beach than in Osceola. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Osceola
 Osceola, IALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,789  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor335  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Osceola    1 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Osceola is a small town in Iowa located about 35 miles North(central)of the Missouri border. Its very convenient for shopping as it has a Walmart, and 2 grocery stores.  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 5 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 7 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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