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Paradise Valley, AZ vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Long Beach spends 65.0% more per student than Paradise Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.8% higher in Long Beach than in Paradise Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Long Beach had 18.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Paradise Valley
 Paradise Valley, AZLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.71.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree16.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Paradise Valley    1 Reviews

In addition to some of the best climate, other than months of mid June through mid October, we have many hiking, tennis, and golf opportunities. Sky Harbor airport is  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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